The prevalence of ERM in elderly urban Chinese was similar to that in Caucasians. Risk factors for idiopathic ERM were older age, female gender, myopia and hyperlipaemia.
The prevalence of early and late AMD in this urban Chinese sample was higher than that reported in the Beijing and Handan studies. Age-related macular degeneration is highly prevalent among the elderly urban Chinese population in mainland China. : Chinese Abstract.
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