THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CUTICULAR DRUSEN AND KIDNEY FUNCTION: A Population-Based Case-Control Study

• Published in: Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.) Vol. 36; no. 5; p. 896
• Main Authors: Høeg, Tracy B, Klein, Ronald, Moldow, Birgitte, La Cour, Morten, Klemp, Kristian, Erngaard, Ditte, Buch, Helena, Ellervik, Christina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2016
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Bruch Membrane - pathology; Bruch Membrane - physiopathology; Case-Control Studies; Creatinine - blood; Eye Diseases, Hereditary - diagnosis; Eye Diseases, Hereditary - physiopathology; Female; Fluorescein Angiography; Glomerular Filtration Rate - physiology; Humans; Kidney - physiopathology; Male; Middle Aged; Retinal Drusen - diagnosis; Retinal Drusen - physiopathology
• ISSN: 1539-2864
• DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000000808

To determine the association between cuticular drusen (CD) and kidney function. observational case-control study. Population-based. Patients or Study Population: 53 participants with (CD) and 53 age- and sex-matched controls, selected from the Danish Rural Eye Study. Cuticular drusen participants were diagnosed using fluorescein angiography and controls were excluded if the patients were suspected of having CD on fundus photography or did not have an available estimated glomerular filtration rate. creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate. The mean estimated glomerular filtration rate of those with CD was 73.3 mL·min·1.73 m (95% confidence interval [CI]: 70.0-76.6) and 73.4 mL·minute·1.73 m (95% CI: 69.5-77.3) in controls. The difference was not significant (P: 0.970). The mean creatinine among those with CD was 72.8 μmol/L (69.3-76.4) and 73.5 μmol/L (95% CI: 69.3-77.6) among controls. The difference was not significant (P = 0.820). The authors did not find an association between a (CD) diagnosis and decreased kidney function at a population level.