Nutritional Risk Factors for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Table 1

Demographic characteristics, median serum parameters, and nutritional factors.

	No AMD	Late AMD
Subjects	1773	1147
Age (mean) [years]*	69.55 ± 7.55	77.06 ± 7.99
Age (range) [years]	51–100	53–98
BMI (mean) [kg/m^2]*	25.83 ± 3.88	26.10 ± 4.12
Male sex (%)	767 (43.3%)	467 (40.7%)
Serum lipids and lipoproteins
Apolipoprotein B [mg/L]	965.15	1001.65
Apolipoprotein A2 [mg/L]	1557.90	1620.00
Lipoprotein a [U/L]	166.00	150.00
Cholesterol [mmol/L]	5.80	5.8
Triglycerides [mmol/L]	1.75	1.66
HDLC [mmol/L]	1.41	1.43
Fish intake
<Once a week	407	247
Once a week	859	442
2–6x/week	434	206
Daily intake	9	4
No answer	64	248
Fruit intake
<Once a week	54	54
Once a week	42	21
2–6x/week	276	132
Daily intake	341	694
No answer	60	246
Red meat intake
<Once a week	395	157
Once a week	324	105
2–6x/week	852	527
Daily intake	127	113
No answer	75	245
Vegetable intake
<Once a week	12	6
Once a week	12	5
2–6x/week	272	150
Daily intake	1418	739
No answer	59	247
Alcohol intake
Irregular	706	432
Regular	1020	610
No answer	47	105
Smoking
Never	965	623
Ever	768	415
No answer	40	109

BMI: body mass index; HDLC: high density lipoprotein cholesterol; data are median unless otherwise noted, *mean ± SD values.