Age-related macular degeneration has significant link with heart failure: Study
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is associated with an increased risk of heart failure (HF), suggests a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Heart failure is one of the most common health problems around the world, owing to its high morbidity and mortality. Lately, the role of microvasculature in Heart failure (HF) has become popular.
Age‐related macular degeneration (AMD) is characterized by geographic atrophy or the development of neovascularization. However, there is not much data available on investigations about the association between Age‐related macular degeneration (AMD) and Heart failure (HF).
A group of researchers from Taiwan performed a study to examine a possible association between Age‐related macular degeneration and increased risk of Heart failure among a large population‐based cohort of men and women.
The researchers conducted a nested case‐control study using Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database was conducted between 2000 and 2012. A total of 13721 newly diagnosed heart failure cases and 54 884 matched controls from the database were enrolled.
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