Early age-related maculopathy

1. Body mass index is associated with early age-related maculopathy in humans (OR 1.78, obese versus normal body mass index).

   “body mass index (odds ratio, 1.78 for obese compared with normal body mass index for early ARM)”

   HumansObese versus normal body mass index; adjusted for age, sex, and possible confoundersn = 3,654

   Plasma fibrinogen levels, other cardiovascular risk factors, and age-related maculopathy: the Blue Mountains Eye Study

   Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)·1 May 1998

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1. Smoking is associated with early age-related maculopathy in humans (OR 1.75).

   “including neovascular AMD (OR, 3.20) and geographic atrophy (OR, 4.54), and early ARM (OR, 1.75).”

   Humanscurrent smokingretinan = 3,654

   Smoking and age-related maculopathy. The Blue Mountains Eye Study

   Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)·1 Dec 1996

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