Ophthalmology
Volume 116, Issue 10 , Pages 1913-1919, October 2009

Age-related Macular Degeneration and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke: The Cardiovascular Health Study

Presented at: The Macula Society Meeting, May 2007, London, England.

  • Cong Sun, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Eye Research Australia, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    • ,
  • Ronald Klein, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
    • ,
  • Tien Y. Wong, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Eye Research Australia, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    • Singapore Eye Research Institute, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Tien Yin Wong, MD, PhD, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751, Singapore

Received 4 December 2008; received in revised form 17 March 2009; accepted 24 March 2009. published online 09 July 2009.

Available online: July 9, 2009.

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 Manuscript no. 2008-1438.

 Financial Disclosure(s): The author(s) have no proprietary or commercial interest in any materials discussed in this article.

 The research reported in this article was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (contracts N01-HC-85079 to N01-HC-85086, N01-HC-35129, N01 HC-15103, N01 HC-55222, N01-HC-75150, N01-HC-45133, and U01 HL080295], with additional contribution from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Additional support was provided by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Health (grant number R21-HL077166) and the Sylvia and Charles Viertel Clinical Investigator Award (TYW). A full list of principal CHS investigators and institutions can be found at http://www.chs-nhlbi.org/pi.htm. The sponsor or funding organization had no role in the design or conduct of this research.

PII: S0161-6420(09)00343-1

doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.03.046

Ophthalmology
Volume 116, Issue 10 , Pages 1913-1919, October 2009

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