Publications by authors named "Athena W P Foong"
Purpose: To estimate 4-year incidence and progression of early and advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Design: Population-based cohort study.
Methods: A comprehensive ophthalmologic examination including stereoscopic fundus photography was performed on adult Latinos at baseline and follow-up.
Purpose: To determine the 4-year incidence of visual impairment (VI) and blindness and worsening of visual acuity in adult Latinos and Hispanics aged 40 years and older.
Design: Population-based, longitudinal study.
Methods: Participants underwent a detailed ophthalmologic examination including assessing both presenting binocular visual acuity (PVA) and best-corrected distance visual acuity (BCVA) in both eyes using a standard Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy protocol.
Purpose: To estimate the 4-year incidence and progression of lens opacities.
Design: Population-based longitudinal study.
Methods: A total of 4658 adult Latinos from Los Angeles County were examined at baseline and 4-year follow-up.
Purpose: To assess the association of cardiovascular risk factors and ocular perfusion pressure with early and advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in Latinos.
Design: Population-based, cross-sectional study.
Methods: Data were collected from a population-based sample of self-identified adult Latinos using standardized protocols for assessing blood pressure and intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement and stereoscopic macular photography.
Objective: To examine the relationship between visual acuity and mortality in a Chinese population.
Design: Population-based cohort study.
Participants: Chinese persons in Singapore ages 40 to 79 years at baseline examination.
Purpose: To examine the relationships of diabetes with anterior chamber depth, axial length, and refraction.
Design: Population-based cross-sectional study.
Methods: This analysis included 943 Singapore Chinese subjects ages 40 to 81 years from the Tanjong Pagar Survey.
Purpose: Although there are approximately 200 million people of Malay ethnicity living in Asia, the burden and risk factors of blinding eye diseases in this ethnic group are unknown. This study summarizes the rationale and study design of a population-based study of eye diseases among adult Malays in Singapore.
Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study of Malays was designed in Singapore.
Purpose: To examine the relationship among hypermetropia, axial length, and hypertension in a Chinese population.
Design: Population-based cross-sectional study.
Methods: This study included 1213 Chinese individuals aged 40 to 81 years.