Prevalence of intermediate-stage age-related macular degeneration in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Douglas A JabsStudies of the Ocular Complications of AIDS Research Group

Abstract

To evaluate the prevalence of intermediate-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Cross-sectional study of patients with AIDS enrolled in the Longitudinal Study of the Ocular Complications of AIDS. Intermediate-stage AMD was determined from enrollment retinal photographs by graders at a centralized Reading Center, using the Age-Related Eye Disease Study grading system. Graders were masked as to clinical data. Of 1825 participants with AIDS and no ocular opportunistic infections, 9.9% had intermediate-stage AMD. Risk factors included age, with an odds ratio (OR) of 1.9 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.6, 2.3, P < .001) for every decade of age; the prevalence of AMD ranged from 4.0% for participants 30-39 years old to 24.3% for participants ≥60 years old. Other risk factors included the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk groups of injection drug use (OR = 2.4, 95% CI 1.5, 3.9, P < .001) or heterosexual contact (OR = 1.9, 95% CI 1.3, 2.8, P = .001). Compared with the HIV-uninfected population in the Beaver Dam Offspring Study, there was an approximate 4-fold increased age-adjusted prevalence of intermediate-stage AMD. Patients with AIDS have an increased age-adj...Continue Reading

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May 20, 2017·Epidemiology and Infection·E SchaftenaarR P H Peters
Jul 12, 2017·HIV Medicine·A W JabsUNKNOWN Studies of the Ocular Complications of AIDS Research Group
May 21, 2019·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science·Douglas A JabsPeter W Hunt

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