A study of the prevalence of age related macular degeneration and its risk factors
| Autor: | Mayur Patil, O K Radhakrishnan, Priyanka Mantri, Rakesh Goud, Manvi Aggarwal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Visual impairment Macular degeneration medicine.disease eye diseases Neuro-ophthalmology 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Age related 030221 ophthalmology & optometry Medicine Pediatric ophthalmology medicine.symptom Family history business Body mass index Fundus fluorescein angiography |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 6:197-202 |
| ISSN: | 2395-1451 2395-1443 |
| Popis: | Purpose: Age related macular degeneration (ARMD) is one of the leading causes of visual impairment in individuals more than 50 years of age. Aim of this study was to know the prevalence and various socio demographic risk factors associated with ARMD. Materials and Methods: We studied 300 patients attending Ophthalmology OPD of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Western Maharashtra. Risk factors such as age, sex, smoking, Body Mass Index (BMI), and family history of ARMD were studied. Diagnosis of ARMD was confirmed on Fundus Fluorescein Angiography (FFA) and Optical Coherence Tomography(OCT). Results: Out of 300 patients studied, 24 (8.0%) had ARMD. Increasing age was found to be a significant risk factor for ARMD. In our study, we found that there were 83.3% females as compared to 16.7% males. There was no statistically significant association found between Body Mass Index and ARMD in our study. Among patients with ARMD, 4 (16.7%) were smokers and 20 (83.3%) were non-smokers and this was not found to be statistically significant. Family history was found to be a significant risk factor for development of ARMD. Conclusion: Increasing age, female sex and family history of ARMD were significant risk factors associated with development of ARMD. Keywords: Age related macular degeneration, Smoking, Family history, OCT, Body Mass Index. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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