Impact of chronic kidney disease on the incidence of visual impairment and age-related eye diseases in a multi-ethnic Asian population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The kidney and eye share common metabolic and vascular risk factors, and chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been associated with the prevalence of visual impairment (VI). In this study, we examined the association of CKD with incident VI and major age-related eye diseases, including cataract, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy (DR), and glaucoma, in a multi-ethnic Asian population.

Methods

We analysed data from 6486 Chinese, Malay, and Indian adults aged 40-80 years who participated in the Singapore Epidemiology of Eye Diseases study at baseline (2004-11) and six-year follow-up visit (2011-17) and were free of VI and the respective eye diseases at baseline. We defined CKD (n = 564; 8.7%) as an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)<60

SUBMITTER: Liem Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12659799 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature