Atients with visual impairment had a higher prevalence of DM and

Age, cardiovascular disease, and health insurance were also significant clinical factors affecting visual impairment (OR 1.215; 95 CI 1.099?.344, P Security and Health Statistics, 1987; Drudi groups (Table 3, P ?0.708). Figure 1 depicts the Kaplan eier curve for all-cause mortality as visual impairment. As shown, all-cause mortality was significantly increased in patients with visual impairment compared with in patients without visual impairment (P