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Subclinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and early age-related macular degeneration in a multiracial cohort: the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17420374     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship of subclinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its risk factors with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
METHODS: This study included 6176 white, black, Hispanic, and Chinese participants aged 44 to 84 years from 6 communities in the United States. Measurements of subclinical CVD were performed according to standardized protocols. Fundus images were graded using the Wisconsin Age-Related Maculopathy Grading System.
RESULTS: In analyses controlled for age, sex, race/ethnicity, and study location, early AMD was associated with a higher serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level (odds ratio per 15 mg/dL, 1.16; 95% confidence interval, 1.01-1.36) and the presence of echolucent carotid artery plaque (odds ratio for present vs no plaque, 0.37; 95% confidence interval, 0.18-0.74) in the whole cohort. Interactions of race/ethnicity and early AMD were found for carotid intima-media thickness, increasing severity of maximum carotid artery stenosis, serum triglyceride level, subclinical CVD severity, and Agatston calcium score.
CONCLUSION: Few associations were found between subclinical CVD and CVD risk factors with early AMD. The findings of associations of early AMD with some signs of subclinical atherosclerotic CVD are different among the 4 racial/ethnic groups, which suggests that care must be taken in generalizing from one racial/ethnic group to another.
Authors:
Ronald Klein; Barbara E K Klein; Michael D Knudtson; Mary Frances Cotch; Tien Yin Wong; Kiang Liu; Gregory L Burke; Mohammed F Saad; David R Jacobs; A Richey Sharrett
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Archives of ophthalmology     Volume:  125     ISSN:  0003-9950     ISO Abbreviation:  Arch. Ophthalmol.     Publication Date:  2007 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-04-10     Completed Date:  2007-05-03     Revised Date:  2012-03-07    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7706534     Medline TA:  Arch Ophthalmol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  534-43     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53726-2397, USA. kleinr@epi.ophth.wisc.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
African Continental Ancestry Group*
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Asian Continental Ancestry Group*
Carotid Arteries / pathology
Carotid Stenosis / pathology
Cholesterol, HDL / blood
Coronary Artery Disease / blood,  ethnology*
Ethnic Groups
European Continental Ancestry Group*
Female
Hispanic Americans*
Humans
Macular Degeneration / blood,  ethnology*
Male
Middle Aged
Risk Factors
Tunica Intima / pathology
United States
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HL69979-03/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; M01-RR00645/RR/NCRR NIH HHS; N01-HC-95159/HC/NHLBI NIH HHS; N01-HC-95160/HC/NHLBI NIH HHS; N01-HC-95161/HC/NHLBI NIH HHS; N01-HC-95162/HC/NHLBI NIH HHS; N01-HC-95163/HC/NHLBI NIH HHS; N01-HC-95164/HC/NHLBI NIH HHS; N01-HC-95165/HC/NHLBI NIH HHS; N01-HC-95166/HC/NHLBI NIH HHS; N01-HC-95169/HC/NHLBI NIH HHS; Z01 EY000403-06/EY/NEI NIH HHS; Z01 EY000403-07/EY/NEI NIH HHS; Z99 EY999999/EY/NEI NIH HHS; ZIA EY000403-08/EY/NEI NIH HHS; ZIA EY000403-09/EY/NEI NIH HHS; ZIA EY000403-10/EY/NEI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Cholesterol, HDL

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