DIETARY CAROTENOIDS, VITAMIN-A, VITAMIN-C, AND VITAMIN-E, AND ADVANCED AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION
DIETARY CAROTENOIDS, VITAMIN-A, VITAMIN-C, AND VITAMIN-E, AND ADVANCED AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION
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DOI:
10.1001/jama.272.18.1413
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发表时间:
1994-11-09
影响因子:
120.7
通讯作者:
WILLETT, W
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作者:
SEDDON, JM;AJANI, UA;WILLETT, W
Objective.-To evaluate the relationships between dietary intake of carotenoids and vitamins A, C, and E and the risk of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of irreversible blindness among adults.Design.-The multicenter Eye Disease Case-Control Study.Setting.-Five ophthalmology centers in the United States.Patients.-A total of 356 case subjects who were diagnosed with the advanced stage of AMD within 1 year prior to their enrollment, aged 55 to 80 years, and residing near a participating clinical center. The 520 control subjects were from the same geographic areas as case subjects, had other ocular diseases, and were frequency-matched to cases according to age and sex.Main Outcome Measures.-The relative risk for AMD was estimated according to dietary indicators of antioxidant status, controlling for smoking and other risk factors, by using multiple logistic-regression analyses.Results.-A higher dietary intake of carotenoids was associated with a lower risk for AMD. Adjusting for other risk factors for AMD, we found that those in the highest quintile of carotenoid intake had a 43% lower risk for AMD compared with those in the lowest quintile (odds ratio, 0.57; 95% confidence interval, 0.35 to 0.92; P for trend=.02). Among the specific carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin, which are primarily obtained from dark green, leafy vegetables, were most strongly associated with a reduced risk for AMD (P for trend=.001). Several food items rich in carotenoids were inversely associated with AMD. In particular, a higher frequency of intake of spinach or collard greens was associated with a substantially lower risk for AMD (P for trend