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Beaver Dam Studies
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Vision and Hearing Loss
• Become more frequent as people age• Quality of life• Function• Independence
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Needs in 1980s
• In the early 1980’s there was little information on:– The frequency of age-related eye diseases
and hearing loss– How often these conditions occur and
progress– Risk factors associated with these
conditions– How these conditions affect function
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Importance
• Information important for:– Understanding risk – Identifying risk factors to prevent conditions
from occurring– Planning for health care services
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Funded by the National Eye Institute
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Why Beaver Dam?
• Representative of small communities• Size • High participation in earlier study• Support of community leaders,
physicians, and eye doctors• Proximity to Madison
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Lions
Community Advisory Board
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• Census• Invitation• Study evaluation• Information back to participants and doctors• Analysis of information• Presentation at meetings• Publication in scientific journals
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Population-Based Eye Studies Using Methods Developed in Beaver Dam
• Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study• Baltimore Eye Study• Barbados Eye Study • Blue Mountains Eye Study (BMES)• Copenhagen Eye Study• European Eye Study • Los Angeles Latino Eye Study (LALES)• Visual Impairment Project (VIP-Melbourne)• Oslo Macular Study• Pathologies Oculaires Liees a l'Age (POLA)• Proyecto VER• Reykjavik Eye Study• Rotterdam Study (RS)• Salisbury Eye Evaluation (SEE)
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Age-Related Macular Degeneration Progression
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Age-related Macular Degeneration
• When we began study little or no information regarding:– The incidence and progression of disease– Its risk factors– Treatments to prevent or restore vision in
its late stages
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What We Learned About Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
– High incidence of late dry and wet disease• 25% over 15 years in people 75+ yr old at
baseline– Smoking– Heavy alcohol consumption– Hypertension– Chronic inflammation– Sedentary life style– Genetic factors– Antioxidant multivitamins may reduce incidence
and progression of late wet and dry AMD
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Much remains to be understood regarding the prevention or slowing the progression of AMD
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Age Related Cataracts
• Nuclear (nuclear sclerosis)• Cortical • Posterior Subcapsular
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What have we learned about cataract from the Beaver Dam Eye Study?
• More than 80% of persons over 75 years of age have cataracts
• Women are more likely to be affected than men
• Smoking• Heavy drinking• Exposure to UV-B • Diabetes
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Possible Protective FactorsClues from the Beaver Dam Eye Study
• Multivitamins • Statin drugs
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Why is preventing cataracts important?
• Cataract is – Leading cause of blindness worldwide– Leading cause of vision loss in the US– Responsible for 60% of all Medicare costs
related to vision
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• Cataract surgery– May be complicated and uncomfortable– Is expensive– May not be available to those with limited
or no health care coverage– Is not widely available in third world
countries
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Other Insights
• Falls and fractures related to decreased vision
• Cataract is related to decreases in other functions including hearing
• Poor vision is associated with frailty
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Why are these findings important?• Some things that increase risk for eye
diseases can be avoided (smoking, heavy drinking)
• Improved control of blood sugar for those with diabetes
• Vision can be improved for some with new glasses; may decrease risk of falls
• Genetic studies may identify genes whose effects can be modified by new medications
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What’s next?• Identify mechanisms of how decreased vision
leads to falls• Identify how risk of falls in those with impaired
vision can be decreased• Clinical trials to test whether improvement in
vision, balance, and gait training will decrease risk of falls
• Identify new factors that may prevent cataract, macular degeneration and vision loss