Age-related macular degeneration in patients with uveitis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the prevalence of large drusen in a uveitis clinic population.

Design

Retrospective, cohort study.

Methods

Patients with primary, non-infectious uveitis 55 years or older who were seen at the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health from 2004 through August 2013 were reviewed using electronic medical records and photographic databases. Patients were classified as having age-related macular degeneration (AMD) if either eye had large drusen, geographic atrophy or neovascular AMD according to definitions used by the Eye Diseases Prevalence Research Group (EDPRG). The expected number of cases and standardised mortality ratio (SMR) for large drusen were estimated based on EDPRG estimates.

Results

We identified 177 patients aged

SUBMITTER: Fox AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5589515 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature