Journal article
Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration in a Malay population - The Singapore Malay Eye Study
Ryo Kawasaki, Jie Jin Wang, Tin Aung, Donald TH Tan, Paul Mitchell, Maya Sandar, Seang-Mei Saw, Tien Y Wong
OPHTHALMOLOGY | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC | Published : 2008
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in an Asian Malay population. DESIGN: Population-based cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS: An age-stratified random sample of Malay persons aged 40 to 80 years living in Singapore. METHODS: Participants were invited to a central clinic for a comprehensive examination. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Early and late AMD signs were graded from retinal photographs following the Wisconsin grading system. RESULTS: Of 3280 participants who participated (78.7% response rate), 3265 had photographs of sufficient quality for grading of AMD signs. Early and late AMD were present in 160 (4.9%) and 23 (0.70%) participants, respectivel..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors have no conflicts of interest and no proprietary interests related to this article.Supported by the National Medical Research Council (grant nos.: 0796/2003, 0863/2004, and CSI/0002/2005); and the Biomedical Research Council (grant no. 501/1/25-5); with additional support from the Singapore Tissue Network and the Ministry of Health, Singapore, Republic of Singapore; and Pfizer, Inc., Singapore, Singapore. The sponsors had no role in the study design, acquisition of data, statistical analysis and interpretation, and the final presentation and publication of the study.