Sex differences in risk factors for retinopathy in non-diabetic men and women:The Tromsø Eye Study

• Published in: Acta Ophthalmologica
• Main Authors: Bertelsen, G., Peto, T., Lindekleiv, H., Schirmer, H., Solbu, M. D., Toft, I., Sjolie, A. K., Njolstad, I.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: blood pressure; cardiovascular disease; epidemiology; hypertension; microalbuminuria; prevalence; retinopathy; risk factors; urinary albumin excretion; Albuminuria/epidemiology; Humans; Middle Aged; Male; Chromatography; High Pressure Liquid; Aged; 80 and over; Adult; Female; Surveys and Questionnaires; Blood Pressure/physiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Blood Glucose/metabolism; Norway/epidemiology; Hypertension/epidemiology; Retinal Diseases/epidemiology; Sex Factors; Glycated Hemoglobin A/metabolism; Norway; Tromso; Tromsø
• Online Access: https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/a196cd7a-88fb-40bd-9baf-fd96f13d7149; https://doi.org/10.1111/aos.12199

Purpose: To determine the prevalence and risk factors for retinopathy in a nondiabetic population. Methods: The study population included 5869 participants without diabetes aged 38-87years from the TromsO Eye Study, a substudy of the population-based TromsO Study in Norway. Retinal images from both...