Relation between Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Cardiovascular Events and Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Joint Authors
Xue, Yang-jing
Wang, Jie
Thapa, Saroj
Wang, Luping
Tang, Jifei
Ji, Kangting
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-12-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Data on the association between age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and cardiovascular disease and mortality are conflicting.
The purpose of this report is to conduct a systematic review to better understand the role of AMD as a risk factor for CVD events and mortality.
We searched Medline (Ovid) and Embase (Ovid) for trials published from 1980 to 2015.
We included 20 cohort studies that reported relative risks with 95% confidence intervals for the association of AMD and cardiovascular events and mortality, involving 29,964,334 participants.
In a random-effects model, the adjusted RR (95% confidence interval [CI]) associated with AMD was 1.08 (1.00–1.117) for all-cause mortality (8 studies) and 1.18 (0.98–1.43) for cardiovascular disease mortality (5 studies).
The pooled RR (95% CI) was 1.17 (0.94–1.45) for coronary heart disease (CHD; 3 studies) and 1.13 (0.93–1.36) for stroke (8 studies).
Findings from this systematic review support that AMD is associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality.
The evidence that AMD predicts incident CVD events or CVD mortality remains inclusive and warrants further study in the future.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Wang, Jie& Xue, Yang-jing& Thapa, Saroj& Wang, Luping& Tang, Jifei& Ji, Kangting. 2016. Relation between Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Cardiovascular Events and Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1099004
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Wang, Jie…[et al.]. Relation between Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Cardiovascular Events and Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. BioMed Research International No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1099004
American Medical Association (AMA)
Wang, Jie& Xue, Yang-jing& Thapa, Saroj& Wang, Luping& Tang, Jifei& Ji, Kangting. Relation between Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Cardiovascular Events and Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. BioMed Research International. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1099004
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1099004