Prevalence of age-related maculopathy and age-related macular degeneration among the inuit in Greenland. The Greenland Inuit Eye Study

• Published in: Ophthalmology
• Main Authors: Andersen, Mads Varis Nis, Rosenberg, Thomas, la Cour, Morten, Kiilgaard, Jens F, Prause, Jan U, Alsbirk, Poul Helge, Borch-Johnsen, Knut, Peto, Tunde, Carstensen, Bendix, Bird, Alan C
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Age Distribution; Aged; 80 and over; Atrophy; Cross-Sectional Studies; Exudates and Transudates; Eye; Female; Fundus Oculi; Greenland; Humans; Inuits; Macular Degeneration; Male; Middle Aged; Phenotype; Prevalence; Journal Article; Research Support; Non-U.S. Gov't; Nuuk; Sisimiut; Iceland; inuit; inuits
• Online Access: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/prevalence-of-agerelated-maculopathy-and-agerelated-macular-degeneration-among-the-inuit-in-greenland-the-greenland-inuit-eye-study(8296505e-abcb-4a54-8447-e11596d106a0).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.12.013

PURPOSE: To examine the age- and gender-specific prevalence and describe the common phenotype of early age-related maculopathy (ARM) and late-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD) among the Inuit in Greenland. DESIGN: Population-based cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS: All > or =60-year-...