Senile macular degeneration: a preliminary study.
Fifty patients with senile macular degeneration and 50 age-sex-matched control patients were studied retrospectively by multiple regression analysis. The patients with senile macular degeneration more often had hyperopia by a 2.4:1 ratio and when receiving treatment for hypertension, in a 6.1:1 ratio. The significance of these findings needs prospective study.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000150:complications*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D014792:Visual Acuity