Age-related eye diseases and visual impairment among U.S. adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Visual impairment is a common health-related disability in the U.S. The association between clinical measurements of age-related eye diseases and visual impairment in data from a national survey has not been reported.

Purpose

To examine common eye conditions and other correlates associated with visual impairment in the U.S.

Methods

Data from the 2005-2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of 5222 Americans aged ≥40 years were analyzed in 2012 for visual impairment (presenting distance visual acuity worse than 20/40 in the better-seeing eye), and visual impairment not due to refractive error (distance visual acuity worse than 20/40 after refraction). Diabetic retinopathy (DR) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) were assessed from retina

SUBMITTER: Chou CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4072030 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature