Open AccessBlood Pressure, Atherosclerosis, and the Incidence of Age-Related Maculopathy: The Rotterdam Study
Author(s) -
Redmer van Leeuwen,
M. Kamran Ikram,
Johannes R. Vingerling,
Jacqueline C. M. Witteman,
Albert Hofman,
Paulus T. V. M. de Jong
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.03-0121
Subject(s) - medicine , rotterdam study , blood pressure , body mass index , age related maculopathy , drusen , population , odds ratio , prospective cohort study , cardiology , confidence interval , maculopathy , surgery , diabetes mellitus , macular degeneration , ophthalmology , retinopathy , endocrinology , environmental health
To determine whether blood pressure and subclinical atherosclerosis are associated with incident age-related maculopathy (ARM).