Purpose To examine the associations of commonly-used serum lipid measures (high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), total cholesterol (TC) and ...

Aims Previous studies have suggested an association between retinal artery occlusion (RAO) and ischaemic stroke (IS), both associated with elevated inflammatory factors. However, the role of ...

Correspondence to Dr Ashish K Ahuja, Sight Medical Products, bldg. 3, 12744 San Fernando Blvd., Sylmar, CA 91342, USA; aahuja{at}2-sight.com Background/aims To determine to what extent subjects ...

Background/aim To quantify the impact of baseline presenting visual acuity (VA), refractive error and spectacles wear on subsequent academic performance among Chinese ...

Results 78 individuals were included in this study. All genotypes showed a significant myopic predicted SER at birth (−3.076D, −5.511D and −5.386D) for CACNA1F, NYX and TRPM1 respectively.

3 Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Correspondence to: Dr Rupert Bourne, Department of Epidemiology and International Eye Health, ...

Dr William Hodge, University of Ottawa Eye Institute, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 5P6whodge{at}ogh.on.ca BACKGROUND/AIMS The primary goal of this study was to determine if atopy is a ...

AIMS/BACKGROUND Phacoemulsification is rapidly replacing conventional extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) as the method of choice for cataract surgery in the Western world. However, posterior ...

Dr Nigel F Hall, MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit, (University of Southampton), Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD. AIMS To assess the reproducibility and validity of ...

Out of a total of 2272 diurnal curves (DC) of intraocular pressure (IOP) obtained from 1178 patients 690 first curves of the right eye of all patients were analysed. For each DC there were 4-6 IOP ...

1 Glaucoma Research Unit, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London EC1V 2PD, UK 2 Department of Research and Development, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London EC1V 2PD, UK Correspondence to: D F Garway-Heath MD, ...

1 Department of Optometry and Neuroscience, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK 2 Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WH, UK Correspondence to ...