Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Incident Cardiovascular Disease: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Fernandez AB, Wong TY, Klein R, Collins D, Burke G, Cotch MF, Klein B, Sadeghi MM, Chen J. Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Incident Cardiovascular Disease: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Ophthalmology 2011, 119: 765-770. PMID: 22197438, PMCID: PMC3314126, DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.09.044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAge-related macular degenerationIncident coronary heart diseaseCoronary heart diseaseEarly age-related macular degenerationRisk of CHDCVD eventsMulti-Ethnic StudyRisk factorsMacular degenerationLate age-related macular degenerationNon-AMD groupCVD risk factorsCardiovascular disease eventsIncident cardiovascular diseaseProspective cohort studyHistory of CVDCox regression modelMulti-ethnic cohortMean followCohort studyRetinal photographsClinical followHeart diseaseCardiovascular diseaseDisease events