[PDF] Top 20 Association between sunlight exposure and risk of age-related macular degeneration: a meta-analysis

... The χ 2 -based Q-tests and inconsistency score (I 2 ) were used to assess the heterogeneity among studies [11]. Significant heterogeneity was detected if the χ 2 test was significant (P < 0.05). The high, moderate, ... See full document

... of association remain variable in the ...these risk factors ...of risk observed are limited to those with retinal specialist ...high risk of development of late ...of risk for factors ... See full document

... strong risk factors for AMD lends support to a role of local inflammation in the pathogenesis of ...link between common AMD-associated variants in complement factor H and CHD, a recent ... See full document

... AD-CST3 meta-analysis and the only reported association study between CST3 and ...AMD association analysis to be fairly low ...AMD association study, again the same ... See full document

... genetic risk of C3 gene in the relationship with exudative AMD, we per- formed a meta-analysis to illuminate this association and de- termine whether the genetic variants of C3 gene conferred ... See full document

... acuity between the patients taking statins and suffering from both raised cholesterol and signs of early non-neovascular macular degeneration respect the control ...the meta-analysis by ... See full document

... by age-related diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and Alzheimer’s ...an association between the two ... See full document

... different between case and control groups. Five contrast model analysis results demonstrated that rs12150053 polymorphism was associated with ...increased risk of AMD under T ...no association ... See full document

... polymorphism between case and control groups ...the risk of AMD ...CI=1.104-3.903). Age, gender and smoking status were used as common confounders to adjust the association between ... See full document

... Current advances in the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration. 371[r] ... See full document

... correlation between OGG1 polymorph- ism and ARC risk in the heterogenous model (CG ...Subgroup analysis by phenotypes of cataract showed that only in cortical, not nuclear or posterior subcapsular ... See full document

... These highly significant effects of gender and race have the potential to bias differences in serum uric acid levels among the control and ARMD groups of patients. As the serum uric acid levels were not normally ... See full document

... The animal use protocol has been reviewed and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at Cheng Hsin General Hospital (CHGH; Taipei, Taiwan; Approval No: CHIACUC 104–14). A large plastic cage (Shineteh ... See full document

... median age of participants of ≥ 75 ...reporting age-related demographic data were only retrieved if the study context referred to diseases or medical problems characteristic of old ... See full document

... the Age-Related Eye Disease Study Group who showed that antioxidants and zinc supple- ments could reduce the risk of progression in some forms of ... See full document

... this association is bor- derline, just meeting criteria for statistical significance in multivariable models, and not significant [p = ...differences between AMD and con- trols may reflect the fact that ... See full document

... Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a debilitating, common cause of visual ...profile analysis of AMD-affected tissues, providing a comprehensive set of expression data for ... See full document

... ABSTRACT We have evaluated the effects of intravitreal dobesilate, a synthetic fibroblast growth factor inhibitor, in patients with dry age-related macular degeneration, an inflammatory-[r] ... See full document

... Another short-term, retrospective study of 266 eyes of 266 patients receiving monthly intravitreal bevacizumab for neovascular AMD found an improvement in mean visual acuity from 20/184 to 20/109 at 3 months (Spaide et ... See full document

... progression risk using ocular, demographic, and genetic ...progression risk for an eye ...Statistical analysis of the genetic effects on progression where only the baseline severity score of the eye ... See full document