Dietary patterns and their associations with age-related macular degeneration: The Melbourne collaborative cohort study

FM Amirul Islam; EW Chong; AM Hodge; RH Guymer; KZ Aung; GA Makeyeva; PN Baird; JL Hopper; DR English; GG Giles; LD Robman

Journal article

Dietary patterns and their associations with age-related macular degeneration: The Melbourne collaborative cohort study

FM Amirul Islam, EW Chong, AM Hodge, RH Guymer, KZ Aung, GA Makeyeva, PN Baird, JL Hopper, DR English, GG Giles, LD Robman

Ophthalmology | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.01.002

Abstract

Objective To evaluate the association between dietary patterns and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Design Food frequency data were collected from Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study (MCCS) participants at the baseline study in 1990-1994. During follow-up in 2003-2007, retinal photographs were taken and evaluated for AMD. Participants At baseline, 41 514 participants aged 40 to 70 years and born in Australia or New Zealand (69%), or who had migrated from the United Kingdom, Italy, Greece, or Malta (31%) were recruited. Of these, 21 132 were assessed for AMD prevalence at follow-up. Methods Principal component analysis was used to identify dietary patterns (Factors F1-6) among the foo..

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Funding Acknowledgements

Victoria Health, The Cancer Council Victoria, and National Health & Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC) (*Program Grant 209057, Capacity Building Grant 251533, and Enabling Grant 396414) funded the MCCS study. Ophthalmic component was funded by the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia and American Health Assistance Foundation. People support was provided through the NHMRC Practitioner Fellowships (R.H.G.), NHMRC Senior Research Fellowships (P.N.B. and J.L.H.), and Macular Degeneration Foundation Blackmores Dr. Paul Beaumont Research Fellowship (L.D.R.). The Centre for Eye Research Australia is a recipient of the NHMRC Centre for Clinical Research Excellence Grant 529923 and Operational Infrastructure Support from the Victorian Government.