Ankle-brachial index and the prevalence of age-related maculopathy.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the association of ankle-brachial blood pressure index (ABI) with prevalence of age-related maculopathy (ARM).


METHODS
A cross-sectional cohort study.


METHODS
ABI was measured in 2447 subjects aged 53 to 97 years. ARM was determined from 30-degree color stereoscopic fundus photographs.


RESULTS
Low ABI (< or =0.9) was present in 5.4% of subjects. Early ARM was present in 22.1% of subjects with and 18.8% without low ABI. Late ARM was present in 5.3% of subjects with and 1.7% without low ABI. This result was not statistically significant.


CONCLUSIONS
Low ABI does not appear to be a risk factor for ARM.
Moss
Scot E
SE
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin Medical School, 610 N. Walnut Street, 4th Floor WARF, Madison, WI 53726, USA. moss@epi.ophth.wisc.edu
Klein
Ronald
R
Klein
Barbara E K
BE
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000842:Ankle / Q000098:blood supply*; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000502:physiology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010781:Photography; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors