Prevalence, racial variations, and risk factors of age-related macular degeneration in Singaporean Chinese, Indians, and Malays

Cheung CM 1 , Li X 2 , Cheng CY 3 , Zheng Y 4 , Mitchell P 5 , Wang JJ 6 Show all authors , Wong TY 7

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  • 1 Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore, Republic of Singapore; Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Republic of Singapore; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore. Electronic address: gemmy.cheung.c.m@snec.com.sg
  • 2 Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Republic of Singapore; Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
  • 3 Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Republic of Singapore; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
  • 4 Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
  • 5 Center for Vision Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  • 6 Center for Vision Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Center for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
  • 7 Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore, Republic of Singapore; Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Republic of Singapore; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore; Center for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Ophthalmology, 2014 Aug;121(8):1598-603.
PMID: 24661862 DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.02.004

Abstract

To describe the prevalence and risk factors for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a multiethnic Asian cohort of Chinese, Malay, and Indian persons.

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