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Increased Mortality Risk among the Visually Impaired: The Roles of Mental Well-Being and Preventive Care Practices
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Increased Mortality Risk among the Visually Impaired: The Roles of Mental Well-Being and Preventive Care Practices

D. Diane Zheng, Sharon L Christ, Byron L Lam, Kristopher L Arheart, Anat Galor and David J Lee
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, Vol.53(6), pp.2685-2692
2012-05
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.11-8794
PMCID: PMC3366723
PMID: 22427599

Abstract

Analysis using structural equation modeling of data from 12,987 adults of the 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey with mortality linkage through 2006 showed visual impairment increases mortality risk directly and indirectly through mental well-being but not through poor preventive care practices.
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