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Ophthalmic Epidemiology Volume 11, 2004 - Issue 2
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Methods for a population-based study of the prevalence of and risk factors for age-related maculopathy and macular degeneration in elderly European populations: the EUREYE study

Cristina Augood Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London
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Astrid Fletcher Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London
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Graham Bentham Centre for Environmental Risk, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich,
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Usha Chakravarthy Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Victoria Hospitals, Grosvenor Road,Belfast
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PTVM de Jong Netherlands Institute for Ophthalmic research (NORI),Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Mati Rahu Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Tallinn, Estonia
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Johan Seland Oyeavdelingen, Haukeland Sykehus, Bergen, Norway
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Gisele Soubrane Clinique Ophtalmologique Universitaire de Creteil, Universite de Paris - Val de Marne, Faculte de Medecin, Creteil Cedex, France
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Laura Tomazzoli Clinica Oculistica, Universita degli studi di Verona, Ospedale Civile Maggiore, Verona, Italy
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Fotis Topouzis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalomology, Ahepa University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Jesus Vioque Dpto Salud Publica, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Campus San Juan, Spain
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Ian Young Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Institute of Clinical Science, The Queen’s University of Belfast, U.K.
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Pages 117-129 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

PURPOSE The aims of the EUREYE study are to evaluate the prevalence of age-related maculopathy (ARM), including macular degeneration (AMD), in elderly European populations, to investigate risk factors for ARM and AMD, especially solar radiation and diet, and to measure the impact of these conditions on vision-related quality of life. METHODS A population-based cross-sectional study with retrospective and current exposure measurements. Risk factor assessment is via questionnaires (for lifestyle factors such as smoking and alcohol, dietary risk factors, outdoor exposure) and blood analysis. Participants are people aged 65 and over. The study is carried out in 7 centres with locations spanning north to south Europe. The main outcome measure is grading of fundus photographs (for stage and type of ARM, using the International ARM Epidemiological Study Group grading system).

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