Table 37: Characteristics of Cross-Sectional Studies.
| Study Name | Risk Factor Assessed |
Design | Years study Conducted | Sample Size (*Response rate %) |
Population | Mean Age (SD), years [range] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mtns. Eye Study (56) |
Family History | Population based cross-sectional | 1992-1994 | 3582/4433 (81) | Australia ≥ 49 years of age |
Not reported |
| Los Angeles Latino Eye Study Fraser-Bell, 2005 (55) |
Family History | Population based cross-sectional | 2000-2003 | 5875/7789 (75) | Latino population ≥40 years 42% male |
54.9 (NR) |
|
†The Eye Diseases Prevalence Research Group (54) |
Ethnicity | Meta-analysis of 7 population based cross-sectional studies | 2004 | 29658 (>80 each study) |
≥40 years black 19.7% white 79.3% |
Not reported |
| Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study (57) | Ethnicity | Population based cross-sectional | 1993-1995 | 11532/12849(89.7) | United States 48 years-72 years 43.3% male 36.9% black |
59.7 (10.7) |
| Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Klein, 2006(58) |
Ethnicity | Population based cross-sectional | 2002-2004 | 5887/6176 (95%) | United States Caucasian 39% Black 27% Hispanic 22% Chinese 12% |
Caucasian 63 (10.2) Black 62.4 (9.9) Hispanic 61.6 (10.2) Chinese 62.4 (10.2 |
*
Response rate: number of participants with gradable retinal photographs of at least 1 eye/number of eligible participants
†
Included The Baltimore Eye Survey, the Barbados Eye Study, the Beaver Dam Eye Study, the Blue Mountains Eye Study, the Rotterdam Study, the Melbourne Vision Impairment Project, Salisbury Eye Evaluation Project.