Abdominal Obesity - Not BMI - Increases Risk of Late AMD in Men

MKM Adams; LD Robman; JA Simpson; KZ Aung; GA Makeyeva; GG Giles; DR English; RH Guymer; PN Baird

Conference Proceedings

Abdominal Obesity - Not BMI - Increases Risk of Late AMD in Men

MKM Adams, LD Robman, JA Simpson, KZ Aung, GA Makeyeva, GG Giles, DR English, RH Guymer, PN Baird

INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE | ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC | Published : 2010

University of Melbourne Researchers

Julie Simpson Author

Graham Giles Author

Dallas English Author

Robyn Guymer Author

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Grants

Awarded by NHMRC

Funding Acknowledgements

NHMRC Grants 209057 and 251533, ORIA grants, J Reid Charitable Trust, Perpetual Trustees, Career Development Award (RG), Wagstaff Fellowship (LR), HN Puckle Fellowship (MA)

Keywords

Life Sciences & Biomedicine

Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Ophthalmology

Science & Technology

Clinical (human) Or Epidemiologic Studies: Risk Factor Assessment