Prevalence and Associated Factors of Diabetic Retinopathy in a Russian Population. The Ural Eye and Medical Study.

Aim: To assess prevalence and associated factors of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in a Russian population.

Methods: Out of 7328 eligible individuals, the population-based cross-sectional Ural Eye and Medical Study included 5899 (80.5%) individuals aged 40+ years, who underwent a detailed medical and ophthalmological examination.

Intravitreal application of epidermal growth factor in non-exudative age-related macular degeneration.

Purpose: To assess the safety of intravitreally applied epidermal growth factor (EGF).

Methods: The clinical interventional, prospective, single-centre, case series study included patients with age-related macular degeneration-related geographic atrophy (GA), in whom the eye with the worse best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) underwent a single, or repeated, intravitreal injection of EGF (0.75 µg in 50 µL).

Compatibility of intravitreally applied epidermal growth factor and amphiregulin.

Introduction: To examine the compatibility of intravitreally injected epidermal growth factor (EGF) and amphiregulin as EGF family member.

Methods: Four rabbits (age: 4 months; body weight: 2.5 kg) received three intravitreal injections of EGF (100 ng) uniocularly in monthly intervals and underwent ocular photography, tonometry, biometry, and optical coherence tomography.

Prevalence of Myopic Maculopathy Among Adults in a Russian Population.

Importance: Although myopic maculopathy has become a major cause of vision impairment worldwide, few data from Russia and Central Asia on the prevalence of myopic maculopathy have been available.

Objective: To assess the prevalence of myopic maculopathy and its associations with ocular and systemic parameters in a population in Russia.

Design, Setting, And Participants: The Ural Eye and Medical Study, a population-based case-control study, was conducted in rural and urban areas in Bashkortostan, Russia, from October 26, 2015, to July 4, 2017.

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Pseudoexfoliation in a Russian Population: The Ural Eye and Medical Study.

Purpose: To assess the prevalence of pseudoexfoliation (PEX) and its associations in a Russian population.

Design: Population-based cross-sectional study.

Methods: Setting: Ufa capital of Bashkortostan, Russia and a rural region in Bashkortostan.

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in a Russian Population: The Ural Eye and Medical Study.

Purpose: To assess the prevalence of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a Russian population.

Design: Population-based prevalence assessment.

Methods: The Ural Eye and Medical Study was conducted in a rural and urban area in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan.