Six-Year Incidence of Visual Impairment in a Multiethnic Asian Population: The Singapore Epidemiology of Eye Diseases Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine the 6-year incidence of visual impairment (VI) and identify risk factors associated with VI in a multiethnic Asian population.

Design

Prospective, population-based, cohort study.

Participants

Adults aged ≥ 40 years were recruited from the Singapore Epidemiology of Eye Diseases cohort study at baseline. Eligible subjects were re-examined after 6 years. Subjects included in the final analysis had a mean age of 56.1 ± 8.9 years, and 2801 (50.5%) were female.

Methods

All participants underwent standardized examination and interviewer-administered questionnaire at baseline. Incidences were standardized to the Singapore Population Census 2010. A Poisson binomial regression model was used to evaluate the associations between baseline factors and inc

SUBMITTER: Lim ZW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10630666 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature