Prevalence and risk factors of retinal arteriolar emboli: The Singapore Malay Eye Study

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Funding Acknowledgements

THIS STUDY WAS SUPPORTED BY THE NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL GRANTS NOS. 0796/2003, 0863/2004, AND CSI/0002/2005, Singapore and Biomedical Research Council Grant 501/1/25-5, Singapore. Additional support was provided by the Singapore Tissue Network and the Ministry of Health, Singapore, Republic of Singapore. The authors indicate no financial conflict of interest. Involved in design and conduct of study (T.Y.W., S.M.S., T.A.); collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data (N.C., A.I., L.L., J.J.W., P.M.); and preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript (N.C., L.L., J.J.W., A.I., P.M., S.M.S., T.A., T.Y.W.). The Ethics Committee of the Singapore Eye Research Institute approved the study, and its conduct followed the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all parents after explaining the nature of the study. The authors thank the staff of the Singapore Malay Eye Study for their contribution in participant recruitment and data collection.