Vision impairment predicts five-year mortality

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    Taylor, H. R.; McCarty, C. A.; Mukesh, B. N.
    Date
    2000
    Source Title
    Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society
    Publisher
    American Ophthalmological Society
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Taylor, Hugh; McCarty, Catherine
    Affiliation
    Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences: Centre for Eye Research Australia
    School of Medicine: Ophthalmology
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    Journal (Paginated)
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    Taylor, H. R., McCarty, C. A., & Mukesh, B. N. (2000). Vision impairment predicts five-year mortality. Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society, 98, 91-99.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/34538
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    This is a publisher’s version of an article published in Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society 2000 published by the American Ophthalmological Society. This version is reproduced with permission from the American Ophthalmological Society. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=308&action=archive
    Abstract
    Purpose: To describe predictors of mortality in the 5-year follow-up of the Melbourne Visual Impairment Project (VIP) cohort. Methods: The Melbourne VIP was a population-based study of the distribution and determinants of age-related eye disease in a cluster random sample of Melbourne residents aged 40 years and older. Baseline examinations were conducted between 1992 and 1994. In 1997, 5-year follow-up examinations of the original cohort commenced. Causes of death were obtained from the National Death Index for all reported deaths. Results: Of the original 3,271 participants, 231 (7.1%) were reported to have died in the intervening 5 years. Of the remaining 3,040 participants eligible to return for follow-up examinations, 2,594 (85% of eligible) did participate, 51 (2%) had moved interstate or overseas, 83 (3%) could not be traced, and 312 (10%) refused to participate. Best corrected visual acuity <6/12 and cortical cataract were associated with a significantly increased risk of mortality, as were increasing age, male sex, increased duration of cigarette smoking, increased duration of hypertension, and arthritis. Conclusions: Even mild visual impairment increases the risk of death more than twofold.
    Keywords
    CERA; ophthalmology; Centre for Eye Research Australia; eye research; vision; visual health

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