Neighborhood Deprivation and Risk of Age-Related Eye Diseases: A Follow-up Study in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine whether there is an association between neighborhood deprivation and age-related eye diseases, particularly macular degeneration, cataract, diabetes-related eye complications, and glaucoma.

Methods

The study population comprised a nationwide sample of 2,060,887 men and 2,250,851 women aged 40 years or older living in Sweden who were followed from 1 January 2000 until the first hospitalization/outpatient registration for age-related eye disease during the study period, death, emigration, or the end of the study period on 31 December 2010. Multilevel logistic regression was used to estimate the association between neighborhood deprivation and age-related eye diseases.

Results

In men, the odds ratio (OR) for age-related eye diseases for those living in

SUBMITTER: Hamano T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4767890 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature