Age-related Macular Degeneration and Vascular and Renal Comorbidities in Adults Aged 40 Years or Older: NHANES 2005-2008

.....................................................................................................................4 LIST OF TABLES...........................................................................................................10 CHAPETER I : INRODICTION.......................................................................................11 CHAPETER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE...................................................................14 II.I Age-related Macular Degeneration............................................................................14 II.II Pathogenesis of AMD...............................................................................................15 II.III The Epidemiology of AMD.......................................................................................16 II.IV Vascular and Renal Comorbidities and AMD.........................................................17 CHAPTER III: METHODS...............................................................................................23 III.I Study Population...................................................................................................... 23 III.II Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics........................................................23 III.III Definition of Variables of the Comorbidities............................................................24 III. IV Retinal Imaging Evaluation....................................................................................25 III.V Statistical Analysis...................................................................................................26 CHAPTER IV: RESULTS................................................................................................27 IV.I Prevalence of AMD stratified by age........................................................................27 IV.II Descriptive Analysis of Study Population................................................................27 IV.III Weighted Prevalence of Vascular and Renal Comorbidities with AMD.................32 IV.IV Association between Each Single Comorbidity and AMD.....................................34 IV.V Association between Vascular and Renal Combined Comorbidities and AMD......35 IV.VI Association of Specific Combination of Comorbidities with AMD..........................36