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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy in a General Japanese Population: The Hisayama Study.
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Seminars in Ophthalmology . 2018, Vol. 33 Issue 6, p813-819. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- <bold>Purpose: </bold>To estimate the prevalence and risk factors for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) in a general Japanese population.<bold>Methods: </bold>This population-based, cross-sectional study was conducted in 2007 with subjects from the Hisayama Study. Of the 3,648 residents in Hisayama, Japan, 2,663 who were ≥ 50 years old were enrolled in this study. The characteristics of PCV were determined by fundus examination or based on indocyanine green and fluorescein angiographic findings. We evaluated the contributions of the risk factors for PCV.<bold>Results: </bold>Among the 207 participants with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), 174 (6.5%) had early AMD, and 33 (1.2%) had late AMD, including 10 participants with PCV (0.4%). Male and smoking habit were significant risk factors for the development of PCV.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The prevalence of PCV is higher among Japanese subjects than Caucasians in Western countries. Male gender and smoking habit were significant risk factors for PCV in a general Japanese population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *POLYPOIDAL choroidal vasculopathy
*CHOROID diseases
*VISION disorders
*INDOCYANINE green
*RETINAL degeneration
*ANGIOGRAPHY
*COMPARATIVE studies
*DEMOGRAPHY
*LONGITUDINAL method
*RESEARCH methodology
*MEDICAL cooperation
*POLYPS
*PUBLIC health surveillance
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*RESEARCH
*RETINA
*RISK assessment
*TIME
*UVEA
*EVALUATION research
*UVEAL diseases
*DISEASE prevalence
*CROSS-sectional method
*DISEASE complications
*DIAGNOSIS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08820538
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Seminars in Ophthalmology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 131859908
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08820538.2018.1506483