Epidemiological profile of age-related macular degeneration patients in Federal University of Parana, Brazil

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the profile and severity of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in ophthalmology ambulatory of Federal University of Parana in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with data collected among the 6155 outpatients ophthalmic appointments (november 2011 to november 2013) Comparando com a literatura, uma maior proporção de casos avançados de DMRI (50% de forma exsudativa) foi encontrada. Em relação à etnia, tabagismo e IMC, não houve diferença entre pacientes com forma exsudativa e não exsudativa. Estes resultados podem ser comparados com estudos disponíveis, considerando a pouca informação referente a DMRI existente no Brasil.

The effects of age-related macular degeneration on quality of life in a Brazilian population

“…Based on the results in Table 1 , there were more women in the AMD group than in the control group, but this difference did not reach significance. This result is consistent with the results of a study conducted in Brazil by Pradella et al [ 22 ]. The Blue Mountains Eye Study and the Beaver Dam Eye Study studied non-Hispanic populations and described a higher frequency of AMD among women that was also not statistically significant [ 22 , 24 , 25 ].…”

“…This result is consistent with the results of a study conducted in Brazil by Pradella et al [ 22 ]. The Blue Mountains Eye Study and the Beaver Dam Eye Study studied non-Hispanic populations and described a higher frequency of AMD among women that was also not statistically significant [ 22 , 24 , 25 ]. In the current study, smoking was a risk factor for AMD, which corroborated previous studies [ 24 – 26 ] and highlighted the importance of counseling patients to quit smoking.…”

“…Marbac et al conducted a cross-sectional study in which they assessed the HRQoL of patients who were legally blind due to advanced AMD and found that patients who were legally blind in both eyes had lower NEI-VFQ-25 scores than those who were legally blind in only one eye; nonetheless, both of these groups had lower scores than control subjects without ophthalmologic disease [ 17 ]. Pradella et al investigated the epidemiological characteristics of 68 patients with AMD in southern Brazil in a cross-sectional study and reported that most were of European descent and that there was a higher incidence of advanced AMD compared to those of other studies [ 22 ]. Conversely, in the current study, most patients with AMD identified as being of Brazilian descent; this was likely due to the colonization of southern Brazil, resulting in this region having a higher proportion of people with European ancestry.…”

Perfil epidemiológico de pacientes com degeneração macular relacionada à idade

“…A degeneração macular relacionada à idade (DMRI) tem sido uma das principais causas de perda visual em idosos em todo o mundo. (1)(2)(3)(4) A prevalência de DMRI aumenta com o envelhecimento da população, quer em países desenvolvidos, emergentes ou subdesenvolvidos. (5,6) Apesar do grande número de estudos sobre prevalência de DMRI nos países desenvolvidos, existem poucos dados sobre o assunto em relação à população brasileira na literatura.…”

“…(11) Porém, o tabagismo se destaca como o principal fator de risco previsível e evitável para essa degeneração, eliminando qualquer benefício de uma ação de suplemento alimentar antioxidante como terapêutica dietética adjuvante. (12)(13)(14) De Almeida Torres et al (1) e Pradella et al (3) fizeram um levantamento específico sobre esses dados brasileiros em destaque. No entanto, tem sido incomum esse tema na literatura de avaliações específicas do tabagismo como fatores de risco, além destes publicados.…”