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. 2010 May;51(5):2393–2402. doi: 10.1167/iovs.09-4228

Table 1.

General Characteristics of AMD Prevalence Studies Selected

Study Year Study Name Country Ethnicity % Male Mean Age (SD) Sample Size (n) Grading System
Andersen et al.20 2008 Inuit Greenland Inuit 660 ICSARM
Augood et al.21 2006 Eureye 7 European countries* European 4753 ICSARM
Chen et al.22 2008 Shihpai Taiwan Chinese 62.3 71.8 (4.8) 1058 WARMGS
Friedman et al.23 1999 BES Unites States African 1836
Unites States European 2475 ICSARM
Gupta et al.24 2007 INDEYE India Indian 1101 WARMGS
Jonasson et al.25 2006 Reykjavik Iceland Icelandic 48 922 ICSARM
Kawasaki et al.5 2008 Funagata Japan Japanese 43.8 70.6 (6.8) 1625 WARMGS
Kawasaki et al.7 2008 Sing Malay Singapore Malay 48.1 58.67 3265 WARMGS
Klein et al.26 1992 Beaver Dam Unites States European 44.5 4771 WARMGS
Klein et al.27 2003 CHD Unites States African 363 WARMGS
European 1998
Klein et al.28 2006 MESA Unites States African 45.1 62.4 (9.9) 1590
Chinese 49.4 62.4 (10) 699
Hispanic 48.1 61.6 (10) 1280 WARMGS
European 48.8 63 (10) 2315
Klein et al.29 1999 NHANES Unites States African 2129
Hispanic 1925 WARMGS
European 4267
Krishnaiah et al.4 2005 APES India Indian 47 54 (10.6) 3723
Li et al.30 2006 Beijing China Chinese 56.1 (10.5) 4376 WARMGS
Mitchell et al.31 1995 Bluemountain Australia European 43.3 3654 WARMGS
Munoz et al.32 2005 Proyecto VER Unites States Hispanic 68 2807 WARMGS
Oguido et al.33 2008 Brazil Japanese 71 483 ICSARM
Oshima et al.34 2001 Hisayama Japan Japanese 40.1 1486 ICSARM
Schachat et al.6 1995 Barbados Barbados African 3344 WARMGS
vanNewkirk et al.35 2000 MVIP Australia European 45 60.2 (12.9) 3271 ICSARM
Varma et al.36 2004 LALES Unites States Hispanic 42 54.9 (10.7) 5875 WARMGS
Vingerling et al.37 1995 Rotterdam Netherlands European 40.3 6251 WARMGS

BES, Baltimore Eye Study; INDEYE, India Eye Feasibility Study; CHD, cardiovascular Health Study; MESA, Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; Proyecto VER, Vision and Eye Research Project; MVIP, Melbourne Visual Impairment Project; LALES, Los Angeles Latino Eye Study; ICS ARM, International Classification System for ARM9; WARMGS, Wisconsin Age-Related Maculopathy Grading System.10

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Multicountry study of Norway, Estonia, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Greece, and Spain.