Visual Impairment in White, Chinese, Black, and Hispanic Participants from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To describe the prevalence of visual impairment and examine its association with demographic, socioeconomic, and health characteristics in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) cohort.

Methods

Visual acuity data were obtained from 6134 participants, aged 46-87 years at time of examination between 2002 and 2004 (mean age 64 years, 47.6% male), from six communities in the United States. Visual impairment was defined as presenting visual acuity 20/50 or worse in the better-seeing eye. Risk factors were included in multivariable logistic regression models to determine their impact on visual impairment for men and women in each racial/ethnic group.

Results

Among all participants, 6.6% (n = 421) had visual impairment, including 5.6% of men (n = 178) and 7

SUBMITTER: Fisher DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4768912 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature