Use of visual acuity to screen for significant refractive errors in adolescents: is it reliable?Jody Fay Leone
Discipline of Orthoptics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney Cumberland Campus, Lidcombe NSW 1825, Australia
Arch Ophthalmol 128:894-9. 2010
..To detect significant refractive error in a population-based random cluster sample of 12-year-old schoolchildren by using sensitivity and specificity of uncorrected visual acuity (VA)...
- Diagnostic reliability and normative values of stereoacuity tests in preschool-aged children
Sonia Afsari
Department of Ophthalmology, Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Br J Ophthalmol 97:308-13. 2013
..To establish the range of normal stereoacuity thresholds and evaluate the diagnostic reliability of stereoacuity tests in preschool-aged children...
Cost-effectiveness of ranibizumab in treatment of diabetic macular oedema (DME) causing visual impairment: evidence from the RESTORE trialPaul Mitchell
Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead, 2145 Australia
Br J Ophthalmol 96:688-93. 2012
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- Clinical risk factors for age-related macular degeneration: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Usha Chakravarthy
Centre for Vision Science, Queen s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
BMC Ophthalmol 10:31. 2010
..We aimed to identify those risk factors with strong levels of evidence which could be easily assessed by physicians or ophthalmologists to implement preventive interventions or address current behaviours...
- Cost effectiveness of treatments for wet age-related macular degeneration
Paul Mitchell
Discipline of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Hawkesbury Road, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Pharmacoeconomics 29:107-31. 2011
..We identified no robust studies that properly evaluated the cost effectiveness of bevacizumab in wet AMD...
- A systematic review of the efficacy and safety outcomes of anti-VEGF agents used for treating neovascular age-related macular degeneration: comparison of ranibizumab and bevacizumab
Paul Mitchell
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Curr Med Res Opin 27:1465-75. 2011
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- The association between olfactory impairment and total mortality in older adults
Bamini Gopinath
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 67:204-9. 2012
..We used a representative cohort of adults aged 60 years or older to assess whether olfactory loss is a predictor of mortality, independent of potential confounders...
- The RESTORE study: ranibizumab monotherapy or combined with laser versus laser monotherapy for diabetic macular edema
Paul Mitchell
Centre for Vision Research Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 118:615-25. 2011
..To demonstrate superiority of ranibizumab 0.5 mg monotherapy or combined with laser over laser alone based on mean average change in best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) over 12 months in diabetic macular edema (DME)...
- Severity of age-related hearing loss is associated with impaired activities of daily living
Bamini Gopinath
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
Age Ageing 41:195-200. 2012
..We assessed the association between hearing impairment with activity limitations as assessed by the activities of daily living (ADL) scale...
Retinal vessel diameter and open-angle glaucoma: the Blue Mountains Eye StudyPaul Mitchell
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and the Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Ophthalmology 112:245-50. 2005
..To examine the relationship between open-angle glaucoma (OAG) and retinal vessel diameter among baseline participants in the Blue Mountains Eye Study...
- The associations between blood levels of homocysteine, folate, vitamin B12, and retinal vascular caliber
Bamini Gopinath
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Am J Ophthalmol 148:902-9. 2009
..To assess the association of total serum levels of homocysteine (tHcy), folate, and vitamin B12 with retinal vascular caliber in older adults...
- Effect of obesity on retinal vascular structure in pre-adolescent children
Bamini Gopinath
Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Int J Pediatr Obes 6:e353-9. 2011
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- Distribution of axial length and ocular biometry measured using partial coherence laser interferometry (IOL Master) in an older white population
Reena Fotedar
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 117:417-23. 2010
..We also aimed to assess age and gender relationships with these parameters and their correlations with spherical equivalent refraction (SER)...
- Risk of age-related macular degeneration 3 years after cataract surgery: paired eye comparisons
Jie Jin Wang
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 119:2298-303. 2012
..To clarify possible associations between cataract surgery and progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)...
- Carbohydrate nutrition is associated with changes in the retinal vascular structure and branching pattern in children
Bamini Gopinath
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Am J Clin Nutr 95:1215-22. 2012
..Higher intake of carbohydrates and high-glycemic index (high-GI) diets could lead to small vessel dysfunction...
- Retinal arteriolar emboli and long-term mortality: pooled data analysis from two older populations
Jie Jin Wang
University of Sydney Department of Ophthalmology, Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital, The Westmead Millennium Institute, NSW, Australia
Stroke 37:1833-6. 2006
..To assess the relationship between retinal arteriolar emboli and mortality in older people...
- Role of near work in myopia: findings in a sample of Australian school children
Jenny M Ip
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and the Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 49:2903-10. 2008
..To examine the association of time spent in near work and reading with spherical equivalent refraction (SER) in a population-based sample of 12-year-old Australian schoolchildren...
- Prevalence of hyperopia and associations with eye findings in 6- and 12-year-olds
Jenny M Ip
Department of Ophthalmology Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 115:678-685.e1. 2008
..To describe the prevalence of hyperopia and associated factors in a representative sample of Australian schoolchildren 6 and 12 years old...
- Safety of an intravitreal injection of triamcinolone: results from a randomized clinical trial
Mark C Gillies
Department of Clinical Ophthalmology, School of Public Health, and Sydney Eye Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Arch Ophthalmol 122:336-40. 2004
..To determine the safety of a single intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide (4 mg) in patients with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization caused by age-related macular degeneration...
- Ethnic variability in retinal vessel caliber: a potential source of measurement error from ocular pigmentation?--the Sydney Childhood Eye Study
Elena Rochtchina
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 49:1362-6. 2008
..To describe the effects of ethnicity and iris color on measurement of retinal vascular caliber...
- Retinal vessel caliber and the long-term incidence of age-related cataract: the Blue Mountains Eye Study
Ava Grace Tan
Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, Centre for Vision Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Ophthalmology 115:1693-8, 1698.e1. 2008
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- The association between reduced GFR and hearing loss: a cross-sectional population-based study
Eswari Vilayur
Centre for Transplantation and Renal Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Am J Kidney Dis 56:661-9. 2010
..Reported evidence to date has come from only small observational studies. We present the first community-based study to show an association between nonsyndromal CKD and hearing loss...
- Evidence of arteriolar narrowing in low-birth-weight children
Paul Mitchell
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Circulation 118:518-24. 2008
..We hypothesized that poor in utero growth is associated with narrower arteriolar caliber, which may help explain the established association of low birth weight with hypertension and cardiovascular disease in adulthood...
- Influence of physical activity and screen time on the retinal microvasculature in young children
Bamini Gopinath
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead, New South Wales 2145, Australia
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 31:1233-9. 2011
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- Macular and nerve fiber layer thickness in amblyopia: the Sydney Childhood Eye Study
Son C Huynh
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 116:1604-9. 2009
..To examine macular and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in amblyopia...
- Relationship between retinal structures and retinal vessel caliber in normal adolescents
Chameen Samarawickrama
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 50:5619-24. 2009
..To describe the normal physiological relationship between retinal arteriolar and venular caliber and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), macular, and optic nerve head parameters...
- Association between vision and hearing impairments and their combined effects on quality of life
Ee-Munn Chia
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Australia
Arch Ophthalmol 124:1465-70. 2006
..Combined sensory impairments also cumulatively affect health-related quality of life...
- Variation of the contribution from axial length and other oculometric parameters to refraction by age and ethnicity
Jenny M Ip
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and the Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 48:4846-53. 2007
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- Prevalence and neurodegenerative or other associations with olfactory impairment in an older community
Michael J Karpa
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
J Aging Health 22:154-68. 2010
..To determine the prevalence of olfactory impairment and its associations with neurodegenerative and other conditions in older adults...
- Glycemic index, retinal vascular caliber, and stroke mortality
Shweta Kaushik
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Hawkesbury Road, Westmead, NSW Australia
Stroke 40:206-12. 2009
..We aimed to assess the relationship between dietary GI and CF content, retinal microvasculature changes, and stroke-related mortality...
- Antioxidant nutrient intake and the long-term incidence of age-related cataract: the Blue Mountains Eye Study
Ava Grace Tan
Department of Ophthalmology, Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Am J Clin Nutr 87:1899-905. 2008
..Oxidative stress has been implicated in cataractogenesis. Long-term intake of antioxidants may offer protection against cataract...
- Are sensory and cognitive declines associated in older persons seeking aged care services? Findings from a pilot study
Tien Tay
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Australia
Ann Acad Med Singapore 35:254-9. 2006
..To assess the association between sensory and cognitive function, and the potential influence of visual function on cognitive function assessment, in a sample of clients accessing aged care services...
- Influence of high glycemic index and glycemic load diets on blood pressure during adolescence
Bamini Gopinath
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Hypertension 59:1272-7. 2012
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- Can information on the purpose of spectacle use and age at first use predict refractive error type?
Jenny Ip
Department of Ophthalmology Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital and the Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, Australia
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 14:88-92. 2007
..To assess the sensitivity and specificity of predicting refractive error type using information from a four-item questionnaire on the purpose of spectacle use and age at first use...
- Dietary antioxidants and the long-term incidence of age-related macular degeneration: the Blue Mountains Eye Study
Jennifer S L Tan
Department of Ophthalmology, Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 115:334-41. 2008
..To assess the relationship between baseline dietary and supplement intakes of antioxidants and the long-term risk of incident age-related macular degeneration (AMD)...
- Prevalence and associations of enhanced retinal arteriolar light reflex: a new look at an old sign
Shweta Kaushik
Department of Ophthalmology, Center for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 114:113-20. 2007
..To assess the prevalence, associated risk factors and prognosis (mortality) of the enhanced retinal arteriolar light reflex sign in an older Australian population...
- Dietary glycemic index and the risk of age-related macular degeneration
Shweta Kaushik
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Am J Clin Nutr 88:1104-10. 2008
..High-glycemic-index diets have been hypothesized as a risk factor for AMD, but prospective data are unavailable...
- Glycemic index, glycemic load, and chronic disease risk--a meta-analysis of observational studies
Alan W Barclay
Human Nutrition Unit, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Am J Clin Nutr 87:627-37. 2008
..Inconsistent findings from observational studies have prolonged the controversy over the effects of dietary glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL) on the risk of certain chronic diseases...
- Fluid and nutrient intake and risk of chronic kidney disease
Giovanni F M Strippoli
Centre for Kidney Research, NHMRC Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Renal Medicine, Cochrane Renal Group, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nephrology (Carlton) 16:326-34. 2011
..We evaluated the association between fluid and nutrient intake and chronic kidney disease (CKD)...
- Carbohydrate nutrition and inflammatory disease mortality in older adults
Anette E Buyken
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Australia
Am J Clin Nutr 92:634-43. 2010
..Several studies suggest that carbohydrate nutrition is related to oxidative stress and inflammatory markers...
- Associations between hearing impairment and mortality risk in older persons: the Blue Mountains Hearing Study
Michael J Karpa
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ann Epidemiol 20:452-9. 2010
..To assess whether hearing loss predicts an increased risk of mortality...
- Retinal vessel signs and 10-year incident age-related maculopathy: the Blue Mountains Eye Study
Gerald Liew
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
Ophthalmology 113:1481-7. 2006
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- Parental history of hypertension is associated with narrower retinal arteriolar caliber in young girls
Bamini Gopinath
Centre for Vision Research, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Hawkesbury Road, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
Hypertension 58:425-30. 2011
..These findings may indicate the need for cardiovascular disease prevention measures starting early in life among offspring of hypertensive parents...
- Physical activity and sedentary behaviors and health-related quality of life in adolescents
Bamini Gopinath
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Pediatrics 130:e167-74. 2012
..Our goal was to assess cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between physical activity and sedentary behaviors (television viewing, computer and video-game usage, and reading) with health-related QoL...
- Outdoor activity reduces the prevalence of myopia in children
Kathryn A Rose
School of Applied Vision Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 115:1279-85. 2008
..To assess the relationship of near, midworking distance, and outdoor activities with prevalence of myopia in school-aged children...
- Regular aspirin use and retinal microvascular signs: the Blue Mountains Eye Study
Gerald Liew
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology (Westmead Hospital, The Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Australia
J Hypertens 24:1329-35. 2006
..CONCLUSION: Our finding of a possible association between the combined use of aspirin and antihypertensive agent(s) and wider retinal arteriolar diameter warrants further investigation into the effects of aspirin on the microvasculature...
- Testability of refraction, stereopsis, and other ocular measures in preschool children: the Sydney Paediatric Eye Disease Study
Amy Shih I Pai
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
J AAPOS 16:185-92. 2012
..To determine the testability and lower age limits for applying common eye tests to preschool children...
- Factors associated with childhood strabismus: findings from a population-based study
Dana Robaei
Department of Ophthalmology, Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital, and Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 113:1146-53. 2006
..Presence of strabismus was significantly associated with prematurity...
- Diagnostic accuracy of the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph for glaucoma a population-based assessment
Paul R Healey
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Ophthalmology 117:1667-73. 2010
..To evaluate the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II (HRTII; Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany) as a screening tool for open-angle glaucoma (OAG) in an older population...
- Long-term effects of smoking on retinal microvascular caliber
Annette Kifley
Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, Department of Clinical Ophthalmology and Eye Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Am J Epidemiol 166:1288-97. 2007
..These results suggest long-term effects of smoking on venular caliber that may contribute to associations between smoking and cardiovascular disease...
- Genetic analysis of the clusterin gene in pseudoexfoliation syndrome
Kathryn P Burdon
Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
Mol Vis 14:1727-36. 2008
..We investigated the association of genetic variants across CLU in pseudoexfoliation syndrome and analyzed molecular characteristics of the encoded protein in ocular tissues...
- Prevalence and risk factors for visual impairment in preschool children the sydney paediatric eye disease study
Amy Shih I Pai
Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 118:1495-500. 2011
..To assess the prevalence and associations of visual impairment (VI) in preschool children...
- The contribution of family history to hearing loss in an older population
Catherine M McMahon
Centre for Language Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Ear Hear 29:578-84. 2008
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- Smaller birth size is associated with narrower retinal arterioles in early adolescence
Bamini Gopinath
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Microcirculation 17:660-8. 2010
..In the current study, we aimed to examine the associations of low birth weight with retinal vascular caliber and vascular fractal dimension during early adolescence...
- Sunlight-related factors and the 10-year incidence of age-related maculopathy
Thuan Quoc Pham
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 16:136-41. 2009
..To examine the associations among iris, skin, or hair color, and skin sun sensitivity and the 10-year incidence of age-related maculopathy (ARM)...
- Retinal and optic disc findings in adolescence: a population-based OCT study
Son C Huynh
Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, Centre for Vision Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 49:4328-35. 2008
..To examine the distribution of macular and peripapillary nerve fiber layer (NFL) thickness and optic disc parameters in early-adolescence Australian children and to compare these with previously reported findings in younger children...
- Birth weight and optic nerve head parameters
Chameen Samarawickrama
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ophthalmology 116:1112-8. 2009
..To assess the relationship of birth weight, birth length, and head circumference as proxy markers of intrauterine growth, cup/disc ratio, and other optic disc parameters measured using optical coherence tomography (OCT)...
- Influence of diabetes and cardiovascular disease on the long-term incidence of cataract: the Blue Mountains eye study
Jennifer S L Tan
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 15:317-27. 2008
..To assess associations between diabetes and selected cardiovascular risk factors and long-term incident cataract and cataract surgery...
- Macular thickness, retinal thickness, and optic disk parameters in dominant compared with nondominant eyes
Chameen Samarawickrama
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
J AAPOS 13:142-7. 2009
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- Combined effects of complement factor H genotypes, fish consumption, and inflammatory markers on long-term risk for age-related macular degeneration in a cohort
Jie Jin Wang
Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and the Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Am J Epidemiol 169:633-41. 2009
..15, 95% CI: 0.03, 0.8) but not the CT (RR = 0.7, 95% CI: 0.3, 2.0) or TT (RR = 1.3, 95% CI: 0.2, 7.2) genotypes. This study documents joint contributions from genetic and systemic factors in determining the progression of AMD...
- Association between age-related hearing loss and stroke in an older population
Bamini Gopinath
Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Millennium Institute and Australian Health Policy Institute, Centre for Vision Research, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia
Stroke 40:1496-8. 2009
..Further, we looked at the association between severity of hearing loss and risk of stroke in older persons, acknowledged as a limitation by the authors of the Stroke report...
- Effects of refraction and axial length on childhood optic disk parameters measured by optical coherence tomography
Chameen Samarawickrama
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
Am J Ophthalmol 144:459-61. 2007
..To assess the effects of refraction and axial length on optical coherence tomography (OCT) measures of childhood optic disk parameters...
- Retinal microvascular abnormalities and age-related hearing loss: the Blue Mountains hearing study
Gerald Liew
Department of Ophthalmology, Centre for Vision Research, University of Sydney, Australia
Ear Hear 28:394-401. 2007
..Microvascular disease may contribute to hearing loss. We tested this hypothesis by examining the relation of retinal microvascular abnormalities and hearing loss...
- Impact of bilateral visual impairment on health-related quality of life: the Blue Mountains Eye Study
Ee-Munn Chia
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 45:71-6. 2004
..These data have implications for disability weights such as those developed by the Global Burden of Disease study...
- Cardiovascular risk factors and retinal microvascular signs in an adult Japanese population: the Funagata Study
Ryo Kawasaki
Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 113:1378-84. 2006
..To describe the prevalence of retinal vascular signs and their association with cardiovascular risk factors in a Japanese population...
- Visual impairment, age-related macular degeneration, cataract, and long-term mortality: the Blue Mountains Eye Study
Sudha Cugati
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Arch Ophthalmol 125:917-24. 2007
..To assess the association of visual impairment, age-related macular degeneration (ARMD), and cataract with long-term mortality...
- Retinal vessel diameters and obesity: a population-based study in older persons
Jie J Wang
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:206-14. 2006
..Obesity is linked with large vessel atherosclerosis and diabetes. Its association with microvascular changes is less clear. We investigated the associations among retinal vessel diameters, vessel wall signs, and BMI in an older population...
- Dietary fatty acids and the 5-year incidence of age-related maculopathy
Brian Chua
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney Eye Clinic, Westmead Hospital, Hawkesbury Road, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
Arch Ophthalmol 124:981-6. 2006
..Our study could not confirm deleterious effects of higher polyunsaturated fat intakes reported by other clinic-based studies...
- Dietary antioxidant intake and incidence of early age-related maculopathy: the Blue Mountains Eye Study
Victoria Flood
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 109:2272-8. 2002
..CONCLUSIONS: Our cohort study of an older population could not find evidence of protection associated with usual dietary antioxidant or zinc intakes (including use of supplements) on the 5-year incidence of early ARM...
- Effect of stature and other anthropometric parameters on eye size and refraction in a population-based study of Australian children
Elvis Ojaimi
Department of Ophthalmology, Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 46:4424-9. 2005
..The findings may demonstrate the effectiveness of emmetropization in the presence of normal physiological influences...
- Open-angle glaucoma and cardiovascular mortality: the Blue Mountains Eye Study
Anne J Lee
Department of Ophthalmology, Centre for Vision Research, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia
Ophthalmology 113:1069-76. 2006
..There was a suggestion of higher cardiovascular mortality in glaucoma patients using topical timolol that merits further study...
- Fractal analysis of retinal microvasculature and coronary heart disease mortality
Gerald Liew
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Eur Heart J 32:422-9. 2011
..Fractal analysis provides a global assessment of vascular network architecture. We examined the relationship of retinal vascular fractal dimension (D(f)) with coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality...
- Impact of ethnicity on the correlation of retinal parameters with axial length
Yasser M Tariq
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 51:4977-82. 2010
..To examine whether the relationship of axial length (AL) to retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and macular parameters measured by optical coherence tomography (OCT) differs according to ethnicity...
- Candidate gene study to investigate the genetic determinants of normal variation in central corneal thickness
David P Dimasi
Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Mol Vis 16:562-9. 2010
..As CCT is an identified risk factor for open-angle glaucoma, understanding the genes involved in CCT determination could improve our understanding of the mechanisms involved in this association...
- Retinal vascular caliber, diabetes, and retinopathy
Annette Kifley
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Australia
Am J Ophthalmol 143:1024-6. 2007
..To assess the relationship of retinal vessel caliber with diabetes and diabetic retinopathy (DR)...
- Incidence, persistence, and progression of tinnitus symptoms in older adults: the Blue Mountains Hearing Study
Bamini Gopinath
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Ear Hear 31:407-12. 2010
..Temporal population-based data on tinnitus are lacking. We used a representative older population-based cohort to establish 5-yr incidence, persistence, and progression of tinnitus symptoms...
- Causes and associations of amblyopia in a population-based sample of 6-year-old Australian children
Dana Robaei
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
Arch Ophthalmol 124:878-84. 2006
..00 D); 8.7% were myopic. CONCLUSIONS: A relatively low prevalence of amblyopia in a sample of 6-year-old children is documented. The majority of these children had already been diagnosed and treated for this condition...
- The LOC387715 polymorphism, inflammatory markers, smoking, and age-related macular degeneration. A population-based case-control study
Jie Jin Wang
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 115:693-9. 2008
..To assess combined effects on the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) by the LOC387715 polymorphism, smoking, and inflammatory or hemostatic factors...
- Myopia, lifestyle, and schooling in students of Chinese ethnicity in Singapore and Sydney
Kathryn A Rose
Discipline of Applied Vision Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Lidcombe, Australia
Arch Ophthalmol 126:527-30. 2008
..To compare the prevalence and risk factors for myopia in 6- and 7-year-old children of Chinese ethnicity in Sydney and Singapore...
- Consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids, fish, and nuts and risk of inflammatory disease mortality
Bamini Gopinath
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Am J Clin Nutr 93:1073-9. 2011
..n-3 (omega-3) Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), fish, and nuts can regulate inflammatory processes and responses...
- Lens opacity and refractive influences on the measurement of retinal vascular fractal dimension
Haitao Li
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Acta Ophthalmol 88:e234-40. 2010
..To examine the influence of lens opacity and refraction on the measurement of retinal vascular fractal dimension (Df)...
- Accuracy of the Lang II stereotest in screening for binocular disorders in 6-year-old children
Son C Huynh
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Hawkesbury Road, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
Am J Ophthalmol 140:1130-2. 2005
..CONCLUSION: The Lang II stereotest, when used alone, has very limited value as a screening test of binocular dysfunction...
- Five-year refractive changes in an older population: the Blue Mountains Eye Study
Magdalena Guzowski
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital, Hawkesbury Road, Westmead NSW 2145, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 110:1364-70. 2003
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- Refractive findings in children with astigmatic parents: the Sydney Myopia Study
Jenny M Ip
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital, The Westmead Millennium Institute, and the Vision Co operative Research Centre, Sydney, Australia
Am J Ophthalmol 144:304-6. 2007
..To examine the impact of parental astigmatism on astigmatic error and ocular biometric parameters in children...
- Nuclear cataract and myopic shift in refraction
Chameen Samarawickrama
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Am J Ophthalmol 144:457-9. 2007
..Nuclear cataract is thought to cause a myopic shift in refraction in older persons. The authors tested this hypothesis by assessing the correlation of nuclear opacity with spherical equivalent refraction (SER) in an older population...
- Accommodative facility in eyes with and without myopia
Ashok Pandian
Vision Co-operative Research Centre, Level 4 Rupert Myers Building, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 47:4725-31. 2006
..However, accommodative facility as a test does not have sufficient power to discriminate eyes with myopia from other refractive errors...
- Impact of birth parameters on eye size in a population-based study of 6-year-old Australian children
Elvis Ojaimi
Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Westmead NSW, Australia
Am J Ophthalmol 140:535-7. 2005
..Refraction, however, was unrelated to birth size. CONCLUSION: Birth parameters have a lasting effect on eye size but not on spherical equivalent refraction...
- Visual acuity and the causes of visual loss in a population-based sample of 6-year-old Australian children
Dana Robaei
Department of Ophthalmology, Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 112:1275-82. 2005
..CONCLUSIONS: This study has documented a relatively low prevalence of visual impairment in a population of Australian children. Uncorrected astigmatism and amblyopia were the most frequent causes...
- Correctable visual impairment in an older population: the blue mountains eye study
Suriya Foran
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney (Center for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital) and the Westmead Millennium and Save Sight Institutes, Sydney, Australia
Am J Ophthalmol 134:712-9. 2002
..CONCLUSION: Socioeconomic parameters, myopia, wearing distance glasses, reported health problems, and poor perceived health were associated with correctable visual impairment in this older population...
- Increase in cataract surgery prevalence from 1992-1994 to 1997-2000: analysis of two population cross-sections
Ava Grace Tan
University of Sydney Department of Ophthalmology (Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 32:284-8. 2004
..CONCLUSIONS: The findings from a representative older population confirm that prevalent cataract surgery has increased substantially over the average 6-year period, from 1992-1994 to 1997-2000...
- Retinal thickness in the offspring of diabetic pregnancies
Yasser M Tariq
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Am J Ophthalmol 150:883-7. 2010
..To compare macular and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in children from diabetic compared with nondiabetic pregnancy...
- Astigmatism and its components in 6-year-old children
Son C Huynh
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, and the Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 47:55-64. 2006
..The data suggest that emmetropization for RA occurs by a compensatory process between CA and IA...
- Prevalence and progression of myopic retinopathy in an older population
Jerry Vongphanit
Department of Ophthalmology and Save Sight Institute, the University of Sydney and Millenium Institute, Westmead Hospital, Hawkesbury Road, Westmead, NSW, Australia 2145
Ophthalmology 109:704-11. 2002
..CONCLUSIONS: This study documented the age and sex-specific prevalence of myopic retinopathy and 5-year progression in an older white population...
- Patterns of eyecare utilization by young Australian children: findings from a population-based study
Dana Robaei
Department of Ophthalmology, Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital and the Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 13:153-8. 2006
..Given that most children needing vision assessment had been examined and likely effects of parental motivation, this rate seems reasonable and appropriate...
- Astigmatism in 12-year-old Australian children: comparisons with a 6-year-old population
Son C Huynh
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Australia
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 48:73-82. 2007
..To study the distributions of refractive (RA), corneal (CA), and internal astigmatism (IA) in 12-year-old Australian children and to explore differences from previous findings in 6-year-old children...
- Correctable and non-correctable visual impairment in a population-based sample of 12-year-old Australian children
Dana Robaei
Department of Ophthalmology (Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital) and the Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, NSW, Australia
Am J Ophthalmol 142:112-118. 2006
..5%, congenital nystagmus 4.8%, and cortical blindness 4.8%. CONCLUSIONS: Visual impairment had a relatively low prevalence in this older childhood population, a large proportion of which was correctable by refraction alone...
- Refractive error and patterns of spectacle use in 12-year-old Australian children
Dana Robaei
Department of Ophthalmology, Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital, and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 113:1567-73. 2006
..0001). CONCLUSIONS: This study documents a relatively low prevalence of undercorrected refractive error in a population of Australian children. Nonrefractive prescription of spectacles is common...
- Relationship of 10-year change in refraction to nuclear cataract and axial length findings from an older population
Reena Fotedar
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 115:1273-8, 1278.e1. 2008
..To examine 10-year changes and other influences on spherical equivalent refraction (SER) in older persons...
- Prevalence of eye disorders in young children with eyestrain complaints
Jenny M Ip
University of Sydney, Department of Ophthalmology (Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Am J Ophthalmol 142:495-7. 2006
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- Five-year outcome of correctable visual impairment: the Blue Mountains Eye Study
Suriya Foran
Department of Ophthalmology, Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital, and the Westmead Millennium and Save Sight Institutes, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 30:155-8. 2002
..This study showed that persistent correctable impairment was more frequent with increasing age, among women, in those living alone, using community support services,or with a history of heart disease...
- Myopic refractive shift caused by incident cataract: the Blue Mountains Eye Study
Jai Panchapakesan
Department of Ophthalmology, Centre for Vision Research, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, NSW, Australia
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 10:241-7. 2003
..CONCLUSIONS: Older age, baseline hyperopia and all types of incident cataract were principal factors found associated with myopic refractive shift over 5 years in an older population...
