The Nakuru eye disease cohort study: methodology & rationale

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Table 1 Population-based cohort studies of eye disease (not exhaustive)

Study	Location	Year commenced	Years of follow up	No of participants	Reference*
Beaver Dam Eye Study	USA	1988	Baseline	4926	[17]
			5	3684
			10	2764
			15	2119
Blue Mountain Eye Study	Australia	1992	Baseline	3654	[18]
			5	2335
			10	1952
Rotterdam Study	Netherlands	1990	Baseline	6418	[19]
			2	4953
			6.5	3406
			11	2387
Copenhagen City Eye Study	Denmark	1986	Baseline	946	[20]
Copenhagen City Eye Study	Denmark	1986	14	359	[20]
Barbados Eye Study	Barbados	1987	Baseline	4631	[21]
			4	3427
			9	2793
Pathologies Oculaires Liees a L’Age	France	1995	Baseline	2584	[22]
Pathologies Oculaires Liees a L’Age	France	1995	3	1642	[22]
Melbourne Visual Impairment Project	Australia	1992	Baseline	5147	[23]
Melbourne Visual Impairment Project	Australia	1992	5	3271	[23]
Hisayama Study	Japan	1998	Baseline	1482	[24]
			5	961
			9	(1401>40 yrs)
Reykjavik Eye Study	Iceland	1996	Baseline	1045	[25]
Reykjavik Eye Study	Iceland	1996	5	846	[25]
Los Angeles Latino Eye Study	USA	2000	Baseline	6357	[26]
Los Angeles Latino Eye Study	USA	2000	4	4658	[26]

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