A HOSPITAL BASED STUDY OF HYPERTENSION AND RISK OF AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION
The present study was aimed to study the hypertension and risk of age related macular degeneration. Age-related macular degeneration(AMD) is one of the main socioeconomical health issues worldwide. This is prospective study include all patients of age related macular degeneration above 50 years of age presenting in the Department of Ophthalmology at Dr.RPGMC Tanda. Total 86 patients were examined. There were 34(39.53%) patients who were hypertensive while 52(60.47%) patients were non-hypertensive. Findings showed that hypertension was not implicated as a causative factor in ARMD.
Authors
- Balbir Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9044-0418)
Publication Details
- Journal
- GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS
- Published
- 2025-02-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.36106/gjra/8600810
- Primary Topic
- Retinal Imaging and Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00