Sunlight Exposure, Pigmentation, and Incident Age-Related Macular Degeneration
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Sunlight exposure, antioxidants, and age-related macular degeneration.
OBJECTIVE To examine the association of sunlight exposure and antioxidant level with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS Four thousand seven hundred fifty-three participants aged 65 years or older in the European Eye Study underwent fundus photography, were interviewed for adult lifetime sunlight exposure, and gave blood for antioxidant analysis. Blue light exposure was estimated ...
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Background/aim: It has been suggested that sun exposure may be a risk factor for age related macular degeneration (AMD) and that skin sensitivity to sunlight and iris colour could be confounding factors. The aim was to investigate this further in the white population. Methods: 446 cases with end stage AMD were compared with 283 spouse controls. Data on sun exposure, places of residence, iris co...
متن کاملAge related macular degeneration and sun exposure, iris colour, and skin sensitivity to sunlight.
BACKGROUND/AIM It has been suggested that sun exposure may be a risk factor for age related macular degeneration (AMD) and that skin sensitivity to sunlight and iris colour could be confounding factors. The aim was to investigate this further in the white population. METHODS 446 cases with end stage AMD were compared with 283 spouse controls. Data on sun exposure, places of residence, iris co...
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the genetics of age-related macular degeneration
age-related macular degeneration (amd) is the leading cause of blindness in old subjects. it is a multifactorial disease with both environmental and genetic factors playing some role in its pathogenesis. similar to many other genetic diseases, the inheritance pattern of amd does not fit into simple mendelian rules. these diseases are caused by the presence of multiple genetic factors and are ca...
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عنوان ژورنال: Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1552-5783
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-14602