Characteristics of the identified 13 cohort studies that evaluated the associations of AMD with CVD.

Abbreviations: ARIC, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study; MESA, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis; CHS, Cardiovascular Health Study; BMES, Blue Mountains Eye Study; BDES, Beaver Dam Eye Study; LHID, Longitudinal Health Insurance Database; LabRx, Ingenix LabRx Database; Medicare, Medicare beneficiaries databases; MHS, Maccabi Healthcare Services; AREDS: Age-Related Eye Disease Study; WARMGS, Wisconsin age-related maculopathy grading system; ICD-9, International Classification of Disease codes, Ninth Revision; ABP, Arterial blood pressure; HDLC, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDLC, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; MI, myocardial infarction; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; CRP, C-reactive protein. aAMD was graded by stage 0–4 (0, no AMD), a grading scheme similar to the WARMGS.