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Exploring the association between dietary patterns and the presence of Age‐related Macular Degeneration
Author(s) -
Goulão Beatriz,
Camacho Pedro Miguel,
Mota Carla,
Coelho Inês,
Roe Mark,
Castanheira Isabel
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.26.1_supplement.626.23
Subject(s) - macular degeneration , medicine , blindness , food group , cohort , disease , nutrient , environmental health , physiology , ophthalmology , optometry , biology , ecology
Age‐related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in Europe. The role of nutritional factors in the prevention of disease are not clear, in part due to difficulties in obtaining comparable nutrient intake values, in international, multi‐centre studies. EuroFIR (European Food Information Resource) eSearch platform, including more than twenty national food composition databanks, was used to examine whether specific nutrient antioxidants, fat, protein, and carbohydrates from natural food sources of different geographic origins accounted for association between AMD and dietary patterns. A cohort study was used. Participants, caucasian men and women aged over 55 selected by a AMD specialist, completed the FFQ in an interview mode during their clinical visit to a specialized eye center. In patients who consumed a diet rich in total fat, a correlation between the choroid thickness and AMD was found (p‐value< 0,001). Clinical Nutrition studies, covering natives from Sao Tome and Principe are in progress as a contribution to understand if racial differences associated with dietary patterns affected the pathogenesis of AMD and other eye diseases.