Diabetes and other risk factors in patients with age-related macular degeneration

Autor:	Valeria Mocanu, Eszter Vizvári, Viorel Serban, Andrea Facskó, Romulus Timar, Rózsa Dégi, Raluca Horhat
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty genetic structures business.industry Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Macular degeneration medicine.disease eye diseases Diabetes mellitus Age related Internal medicine Endocrinology diabetology medicine In patient sense organs business Pseudophakia Dyslipidemia
Zdroj:	Romanian Journal of Diabetes Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases. 20:369-378
ISSN:	2284-6417 2068-8245
Popis:	Background and aims: Our aim was to evaluate the association between the potential risk factors and the different stages of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a population aged 52-85 years. Material and methods: One hundred and ten patients with different stages of AMD were evaluated by direct interview for identifying possible present factors risk and were subjected to a detailed ophthalmological examination, including measurement of the macular area by the Spectral Domain-Optical Coherence Tomograph Heidelberg Engineering (SD-OCT). For the grading of AMD we used the International Classification and Grading System for Age-Related Maculopathy. Results: In our study, diabetes, arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia and smoking were risk factors for AMD. A longer history of diabetes or smoking status was associated with stage 3 or 4 of AMD. We found no statistical significant association between pseudophakia and AMD. Conclusions: Further investigation is needed to identify and to clarify the association between these possible risk factors and AMD.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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