Vojniković Bozidar, Njirić Sanja, Coklo Miran, Spanjol Josip
Eye Polyclinic "Dr. B. Vojniković", Rijeka, Croatia.
Coll Antropol. 2007 Jan;31 Suppl 1:43-4.
This epidemiological study is completed on island Rab, located in North Adriatic Sea. For this study it is important that Adriatic Sea has one of the highest solar radiations in geographical area of Europe. The aim of this epidemiological study is to estimate correlation between incidence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and exposure of sunlight in two different populations on island Rab. In the first group of population of island Rab, agriculturists and fishermen (n = 1300), incidence of AMD was in 18%, but in urban population only 2.5%. It is very interesting that correlation exists between incidence of AMD and exfoliation syndrome. In the group of chronic exposure to sunlight (agriculturists and fishermen) exfoliation syndrome exists in 28%, but in urban population it has never been seen. The age in both populations was 45-65 years. We can conclude that there is a very significant correlation between chronic exposure to sunlight and appearance of AMD.
这项流行病学研究是在位于亚得里亚海北部的拉布岛上完成的。对于本研究而言，重要的是亚得里亚海在欧洲地理区域中拥有最高的太阳辐射量之一。这项流行病学研究的目的是估计拉布岛上两个不同人群中年龄相关性黄斑变性（AMD）的发病率与阳光照射之间的相关性。在拉布岛的第一组人群，即农民和渔民（n = 1300）中，AMD的发病率为18%，但在城市人群中仅为2.5%。非常有趣的是，AMD的发病率与剥脱综合征之间存在相关性。在长期暴露于阳光下的人群（农民和渔民）中，剥脱综合征的发生率为28%，但在城市人群中从未见过。这两个人群的年龄均为45 - 65岁。我们可以得出结论，长期暴露于阳光下与AMD的出现之间存在非常显著的相关性。
