American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 143, Issue 6 , Pages 970-976 , June 2007

Three-Year Incidence and Cumulative Prevalence of Retinopathy: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

  • Tien Y. Wong

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Singapore Eye Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    • Corresponding Author InformationInquiries to Tien Y. Wong, Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, 32 Gisborne Street, Victoria 3002, Australia
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  • Ronald Klein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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  • F.M. Amirul Islam

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Mary Frances Cotch

      Affiliations

    • National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • David J. Couper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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  • Barbara E.K. Klein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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  • Larry D. Hubbard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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  • A. Richey Sharrett

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

,Accepted 7 February 2007.

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PII: S0002-9394(07)00186-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.02.020

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 143, Issue 6 , Pages 970-976 , June 2007

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