Mortality in Older Persons with Retinopathy and Concomitant Health Conditions: The Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess the impact of retinopathy on mortality in older persons with concomitant health conditions.

Design

Population-based prospective cohort study.

Participants

A total of 4966 individuals aged 67 to 96 years (43.2% were male) from the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study (AGES-RS).

Methods

Retinopathy was evaluated from digital fundus images (2002-2006) using the modified Airlie House adaptation of the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study protocol. Mortality was assessed through September 2013 (cause of death assigned through 2009). Cox proportional hazards regression models, with age as the time scale, estimated the association between retinopathy and death while controlling for risk factors and the presence of concomitant he

SUBMITTER: Fisher DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4921315 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature