Open AccessAssociation of obesity and age-related macular degeneration in Indian population
Author(s) -
Durgasri Jaisankar,
Gayathri Swaminathan,
Rupak Roy,
Vaitheeswaran Kulothungan,
Tarun Sharma,
Rajiv Raman
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_1265_17
Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , macular degeneration , waist , odds ratio , abdominal obesity , body mass index , population , fundus photography , fundus (uterus) , waist–hip ratio , epidemiology , surgery , ophthalmology , environmental health , visual acuity , fluorescein angiography
The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence and association of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and obesity which was not studied extensively in Indian population over 60 years of age.