Aged Dialyzers and Vision Loss

Five‐year incidence of age‐related maculopathyin relation to iris, skin or hair colour, and skin sun sensitivity:the Blue Mountains Eye Study

“…Our lack of quantitative measures of sunlight exposure at baseline,combined with the likely effect of sun‐avoidance behaviour, means that we are unable to assess the association between sunlight exposure and 5‐year incident ARM, nor able to compare our findings to the Beaver Dam Eye Study 15 .…”

“…Five years later, incident ARM lesions were assessed from retinal photographs, taken at both the baseline and 5‐year examinations, using standard grading methods. After adjusting for age, sex, hair colour and useof hats and sunglasses, persons who spent leisure time outdoors5 h or more per day during their teenage years or in their thirties were found to have twice the risk of developing early ARMover 5 years, compared with persons who reported spendingless than 2 h per day outdoors 15 .…”

“…A recent report from the Beaver Dam Eye Study has provided data on the longitudinal relationship between sunlight exposure during young adulthood and incident early ARM at an older age 15 . Sunlight exposure and sun sensitivity information was collected at baseline, when study participants had not developed early ARM.…”