Risk factors for cystoid macular oedema in patients with uveitis

Purpose To determine ophthalmologic and systemic factors associated with the presence of cystoid macular oedema (CMO) in patients with uveitis. Methods Retrospective cross-sectional study in which 97 consecutive patients with uveitis filled in an extensive questionnaire for the presence of cardiovas...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Eye (London) 2008-02, Vol.22 (2), p.256-260
Hauptverfasser:	van Kooij, B, Probst, K, Fijnheer, R, Roest, M, de Loos, W, Rothova, A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Factors Age of Onset Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Cardiovascular Diseases - complications Child clinical-study Epidemiologic Methods Female Humans Laboratory Medicine Macular Edema - etiology Male Medical sciences Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Miscellaneous Ophthalmology Panuveitis - complications Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology Surgery Surgical Oncology Uvea diseases Uveitis - complications
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Zusammenfassung:	Purpose To determine ophthalmologic and systemic factors associated with the presence of cystoid macular oedema (CMO) in patients with uveitis. Methods Retrospective cross-sectional study in which 97 consecutive patients with uveitis filled in an extensive questionnaire for the presence of cardiovascular diseases and its risk factors. An analysis of the ophthalmologic and questionnaire data was conducted. Results CMO was present in 44% (43/97) of patients. Its presence was strongly associated with increasing age ( P =0.001) and age at onset of uveitis ( P
ISSN:	0950-222X 1476-5454
DOI:	10.1038/sj.eye.6702595