Five-Year Incidence of Visual Impairment in Middle-Aged Iranians: The Shahroud Eye Cohort Study

• Published in: Ophthalmic epidemiology Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 11 - 16
• Main Authors: Hashemi, Hassan, Mehravaran, Shiva, Emamian, Mohammad Hassan, Fotouhi, Akbar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis 01.02.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Age Distribution; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Blindness; Blindness - epidemiology; Cohort Studies; Female; Humans; Incidence; Iran; Iran - epidemiology; longitudinal; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Risk Factors; Sex Distribution; Vision, Low - epidemiology; Visual Acuity; visual impairment; visual impairment; Iran; longitudinal; incidence; Blindness

Purpose: To study the 5-year incidence of visual impairment and its causes and risk factors, in the middle-aged Iranian sample of the Shahroud Eye Cohort Study (ShECS). Methods: Data from subjects who had participated in both phases of the ShECS were used to determine age- and sex-specific incidence...