Mortality during 6 years of follow-up in relation to visual impairment and eye disease: results from a population-based cohort study of people aged 50 years and above in Nakuru, Kenya

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the association between (1) visual impairment (VI) and (2) eye disease and 6-year mortality risk within a cohort of elderly Kenyan people. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: The baseline of the Nakuru Posterior Segment Eye Disease Study was formed from a population-based survey...

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Autores principales: Kuper, Hannah, Mathenge, Wanjiku, Macleod, David, Foster, Allen, Gichangi, Michael, Rono, Hillary, Wing, Kevin, Weiss, Helen Anne, Bastawrous, Andrew, Burton, Matthew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6561440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31182456
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029700

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