Beaver Dam Eye Study (BDES)
Ronald Gangnon
Professor of Biostatistics
Publications
Skin Intrinsic Fluorescence and Age-Related Macular Degeneration: The Beaver Dam Eye Study
Purpose:
To determine if skin intrinsic fluorescence (SIF), a noninvasive measure of advanced glycation endproducts and oxidative …
Small Drusen and Age-Related Macular Degeneration: The Beaver Dam Eye Study
We tested the hypothesis that large areas of small hard drusen (diameter <63 μm) and intermediate drusen (diameter 63-124 μm) are …
Severity of age-related macular degeneration in 1 eye and the incidence and progression of age-related macular degeneration in the fellow eye: the Beaver Dam Eye Study
With the use of multistate models, the Beaver Dam Eye Study reports that the severity of age-related macular degeneration in 1 eye …
Relation of smoking, drinking, and physical activity to changes in vision over a 20-year period: the Beaver Dam Eye Study
OBJECTIVE:
To describe the relationships of lifestyle characteristics to changes in vision and incidence of visual impairment (VI) over …
Markers of inflammation, oxidative stress, and endothelial dysfunction and the 20-year cumulative incidence of early age-related macular degeneration: the Beaver Dam Eye Study
IMPORTANCE Modifying levels of factors associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) may decrease the risk for visual …
Misclassification can explain most apparent regression of age-related macular degeneration: results from multistate models with misclassification
PURPOSE:
To investigate the impact of misclassification of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) on the baseline intensity and …
Incidence of visual impairment over a 20-year period: the Beaver Dam Eye Study
Purpose
To describe visual impairment (VI) over a 20-year period and its associations with age-related eye diseases and socioeconomic …
The relationship of atherosclerosis to the 10-year cumulative incidence of age-related macular degeneration: the Beaver Dam studies
OBJECTIVE:
To describe the relationships of intima-media thickness (IMT), plaque in the carotid artery, angina, myocardial infarction …
Risk alleles in CFH and ARMS2 and the long-term natural history of age-related macular degeneration: the Beaver Dam Eye Study
OBJECTIVE:
To describe the relationships of risk alleles in complement factor H (CFH, rs1061170) and age-related maculopathy …
Determinants of retinal venular diameter: the Beaver Dam Eye Study
OBJECTIVE:
To describe how retinal venular diameter changes over time for an individual and to examine differences in these changes …
Long-term use of aspirin and age-related macular degeneration
CONTEXT:
Aspirin is widely used for relief of pain and for cardioprotective effects. Its use is of concern to ophthalmologists when …
Effect of the Y402H variant in the complement factor H gene on the incidence and progression of age-related macular degeneration: results from multistate models applied to the Beaver Dam Eye Study
OBJECTIVES:
To investigate the effect of age, sex, and the Y402H variant in the complement factor H (CFH) gene on the incidence, …
Relationship of blood pressure and other factors to serial retinal arteriolar diameter measurements over time: the beaver dam eye study
OBJECTIVE:
To describe the relationship of blood pressure (BP), antihypertensive medication use, and other factors to serial …
Changes in visual impairment prevalence by period of diagnosis of diabetes: the Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy
OBJECTIVE:
To examine relationships of period of diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) to the prevalence of visual impairment …
Age-period-cohort effect on the incidence of age-related macular degeneration: the Beaver Dam Eye Study
OBJECTIVE:
To examine relationships of age, period, and birth cohort with the 5-year incidence of age-related macular degeneration …
Incidence of age-related cataract over a 15-year interval the Beaver Dam Eye Study
OBJECTIVE:
To describe the long-term incidence of nuclear cataract, cortical cataract, and posterior subcapsular cataract (PSC) and to …
Fifteen-year cumulative incidence of age-related macular degeneration: the Beaver Dam Eye Study
PURPOSE:
To describe the 15-year cumulative incidence of signs of early and late age-related macular degeneration (AMD). DESIGN: …
Changes in visual acuity in a population over a 15-year period: the Beaver Dam Eye Study
PURPOSE:
To describe the change in visual acuity in a 15-year period. DESIGN:
Population-based study. METHODS:
setting: Beaver Dam, …
