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Thyroid Dysfunction and Ten-Year Incidence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Author(s) -

Bamini Gopinath,

Gerald Liew,

Annette Kifley,

Paul Mitchell

Publication year - 2016

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.16-19735

Subject(s) - macular degeneration , incidence (geometry) , thyroid dysfunction , medicine , degeneration (medical) , ophthalmology , thyroid , pediatrics , physics , optics

Epidemiologic evidence of a relationship between thyroid dysfunction and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is inconsistent and unclear. We aimed to assess the prospective associations between serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (FT4) measurements, as well as thyroid dysfunction (hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism) and incidence of AMD.

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