Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol DOI 10.1007/s00417-013-2537-7

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Risk factors for exudative age-related macular degeneration in a large French case–control study Jennyfer Zerbib & Cécile Delcourt & Nathalie Puche & Giuseppe Querques & Salomon Yves Cohen & José Sahel & Jean-François Korobelnik & Mélanie Le Goff & Eric H. Souied

Received: 3 May 2013 / Revised: 7 November 2013 / Accepted: 19 November 2013 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

Abstract Purpose The purpose of the CAP (Creteil AMD PHRCfunded) Study was to analyze risk factors of exudative agerelated macular degeneration (AMD) in a large French case– control population. Patients and methods One thousand and twenty-four patients with exudative AMD and 275 controls were recruited. Information about lifestyle, medical history, and dietary intake were collected. Associations of risk factors were estimated using logistic regression. Results After multivariate adjustment, CFH Y402H and ARMS2 A69S polymorphisms were associated with very high risk for exudative AMD (OR=6.21 and OR=11.7, respectively, p

Risk factors for exudative age-related macular degeneration in a large French case-control study.

The purpose of the CAP (Creteil AMD PHRC-funded) Study was to analyze risk factors of exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a large Fren...
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