Journal article
20/20-Alcohol and age-related macular degeneration
MKM Adams, EW Chong, E Williamson, KZ Aung, GA Makeyeva, GG Giles, DR English, J Hopper, RH Guymer, PN Baird, LD Robman, JA Simpson
American Journal of Epidemiology | Published : 2012
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws004
Abstract
Little evidence exists regarding associations between age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and moderate alcohol consumption, patterns of consumption, or different types of alcoholic beverage. The authors examined associations between AMD prevalence and alcohol intake using 20,963 participants from the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study aged 4069 years at baseline (19901994). Participants' alcohol consumption was determined from a structured interview at baseline. At follow-up from 2003 to 2007, digital macula photographs of both eyes were taken and evaluated for early and late AMD signs. Drinking more than 20 g of alcohol per day was associated with an approximate 20 increase in the odds..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC)
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by VicHealth; the Cancer Council Victoria (initial cohort recruitment); and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC) program grant 209057, capacity building grant 251533, and enabling grant 396414. The ophthalmic component was funded by the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia, American Health Assistance Foundation, John Reid Charitable Trust, Perpetual Trustees, and the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. People support was provided through the NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship to R. H. G., Wagstaff Fellowship to L. D. R., and NHMRC PhD scholarship and Hugh Noel Puckle Scholarship to M. K. M. A. The Center for Eye Research Australia receives operational infrastructure support from the Victorian government.