• The decreasing prevalence of nonrefractive visual impairment in older Europeans: a meta-analysis of published and unpublished data 

      Delcourt, Cécile; Le Goff, Mélanie; von Hanno, Therese; Mirshahi, Alireza; Khawaja, Anthony P.; Verhoeven, Virginie J.M.; Hogg, Ruth E.; Anastosopoulos, Eleftherios; Cachulo, Maria Luz; Höhn, René; Wolfram, Christian; Bron, Alain; Miotto, Stefania; Carrière, Isabelle; Colijn, Johanna M.; Buitendijk, Gabriëlle H.S.; Evans, Jennifer; Nitsch, Dorothea; Founti, Panayiota; Yip, Jennifer L.Y.; Pfeiffer, Norbert; Creuzot-Garcher, Catherine; Silva, Rufino; Piermarocchi, Stefano; Topouzis, Fotis; Bertelsen, Geir; Foster, Paul J.; Fletcher, Astrid; Klaver, Caroline C.W.; Korobelnik, Jean-François (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-13)
      <p><i>Topic</i>: To estimate the prevalence of nonrefractive visual impairment and blindness in European persons 55 years of age and older.</p> <p><i>Clinical Relevance</i>: Few visual impairment and blindness prevalence estimates are available for the European population. In addition, many of the data collected in European population-based studies currently are unpublished and have not been ...
    • Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration in Europe: the past and the future 

      Colijn, Johanna M.; Buitendijk, Gabriëlle H.S.; Prokofyeva, Elena; Alves, Dalila; Cachulo, Maria L.; Khawaja, Anthony P.; Cougnard-Gregoire, Audrey; Merle, Bénédicte M.J.; Korb, Christina; Erke, Maja Gran; Bron, Alain; Anastasopoulos, Eleftherios; Meester-Smoor, Magda A.; Segato, Tatiana; Piermarocchi, Stefano; de Jong, Paulus T.V.M.; Vingerling, Johannes R.; Topouzis, Fotis; Creuzot-Garcher, Catherine; Pfeiffer, Norbert; Fletcher, Astrid E.; Foster, Paul J.; Silva, Rufino; Korobelnik, Jean-François; Delcourt, Cécile; Klaver, Caroline C.W. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-07-14)
      Purpose: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a frequent, complex disorder in elderly of European ancestry. Risk profiles and treatment options have changed considerably over the years, which may have affected disease prevalence and outcome. We determined the prevalence of early and late AMD in Europe from 1990 to 2013 using the European Eye Epidemiology (E3) consortium, and made projections ...