Ronald Klein

TL;DR: It is indicated that pregnancy and level of glycemia are associated with progression of diabetic retinopathy.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the association of sunlight exposure and indicators of sunsensitivity with the 10-year incidence of age-related maculopathy (ARM) and found that participants exposed to the summer sun for more than 5 hours a day during their teens, in their30s, and at the baseline examination were at a higher risk of developing increased retinal pigment (risk ratio [RR], 3.17; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.24-8.11;P=.01) and early ARM (RR, 2.14;

TL;DR: High intake of saturated fat and cholesterol is associated with increased risk for early age-related maculopathy in the Beaver Dam population, and this supports the hypothesis that atherosclerosis or its risk factors are related to age- related Maculopathy.

TL;DR: The prevalence of dry eye and its associated risk factors in the BOSS were similar to previous studies and was associated with lower quality of life on a health-related quality-of-life instrument and the vision-specific NEI VFQ-25.

TL;DR: Larger retinal venular caliber is independently associated with risk of cardiovascular disease in elderly persons, and at multivariable analysis, smaller retinal arteriolar caliber was associated with incident CHD.