Cross Sectional and Longitudinal Associations between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Age Related Macular Degeneration in the EPIC-Norfolk Eye Study

Jennifer L. Y. Yip; Anthony P. Khawaja; Michelle P. Y. Chan; David C. Broadway; Tunde Peto; Adnan Tufail; Robert Luben; Shabina Hayat; Amit Bhaniani; Nicholas J. Wareham; Kay-Tee Khaw; Paul J. Foster

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132565

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Cross Sectional and Longitudinal Associations between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Age Related Macular Degeneration in the EPIC-Norfolk Eye Study

Jennifer L. Y. Yip ,

* E-mail: jlyy2@medschl.cam.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Public Health & Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom
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Anthony P. Khawaja,

Affiliations Department of Public Health & Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom
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Michelle P. Y. Chan,

Affiliation NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom
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David C. Broadway,

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Tunde Peto,

Affiliation NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom
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Adnan Tufail,

Affiliation NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom
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Robert Luben,

Affiliation Department of Public Health & Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Shabina Hayat,

Affiliation Department of Public Health & Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Amit Bhaniani,

Affiliation Department of Public Health & Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Nicholas J. Wareham,

Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Kay-Tee Khaw,

Affiliation Department of Public Health & Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Paul J. Foster

Affiliation NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom
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Cross Sectional and Longitudinal Associations between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Age Related Macular Degeneration in the EPIC-Norfolk Eye Study

Jennifer L. Y. Yip,
Anthony P. Khawaja,
Michelle P. Y. Chan,
David C. Broadway,
Tunde Peto,
Adnan Tufail,
Robert Luben,
Shabina Hayat,
Amit Bhaniani,
Nicholas J. Wareham

Published: July 15, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132565

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