Prevalence and Associations of Retinal Emboli With Ethnicity, Stroke, and Renal Disease in a Multiethnic Asian Population: The Singapore Epidemiology of Eye Disease Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

To our knowledge, population-based data on retinal emboli are limited in Asia. Besides its associations with traditional cardiovascular risk factors and stroke, associations between retinal emboli and renal disease and function remain unclear.

Objective

To examine the prevalence of and risk factors for retinal emboli in a large, contemporary, multiethnic Asian population.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based cross-sectional study was conducted from 2004 to 2011 and included a total of 10 033 Chinese, Malay, and Indian persons aged 40 to 80 years residing in the general communities of Singapore. Analyses were performed from November 2016 to February 2017.

Interventions or exposures

Retinal emboli were ascertained from retinal photog

SUBMITTER: Cheung N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710493 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature