Features of age-related XXXX in a black population. The Barbados Eye Study Group.

@entity1 @entity1020 @entity2118
OBJECTIVE: To report on the frequency of features of age-related @entity1020 in a black population based on fundus photograph gradings. DESIGN: Population-based study. SETTING: Barbados, West Indies. STUDY POPULATION: Residents of Barbados, selected by a random sample of Barbados-born citizens, aged 40 to 84 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Gradings from 30 degrees stereoscopic macular photographs. RESULTS: Black @entity1 (n = 3444) completed examinations at the study site and had gradable macular photographs in both eyes. Drusen larger than 63 microns occurred with comparable frequency in @entity1 and @entity1 . The frequency of small drusen decreased with age, while medium and large drusen were more common in older @entity1 . Frequencies of all age-related @entity1020 -related characteristics were similar for @entity1 and @entity1 except for small drusen, which occurred more commonly in @entity1 . @entity2118 also increased significantly with age. Exudative features occurred in 0.5% of the @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: This study provides population-based data on the frequency of features of age-related @entity1020 based on photographic gradings of a black population. Features of early age-related @entity1020 were common, but appeared at a lower frequency than has been reported for white populations. Exudative disease was infrequent, occurring in about one of 200 @entity1 .
