May 2008
Volume 49, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2008
Age and Cigarette Smoking, But Not Gender, Moderately Influence the Risk of AMD and PCV in a Japanese Population
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • S. Kabasawa
    Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Japan
    Department of Ophthahlmology,
  • K. Mori
    Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Japan
    Department of Ophthahlmology,
  • P. L. Gehlbach
    Department of Ophthahlmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Wilmer Eye Institute, Maryland
  • K. Ueyama
    Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Japan
    Department of Ophthahlmology,
  • H. Omata
    Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Japan
    Department of Ophthahlmology,
  • M. Oosaki
    Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Japan
    Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes,
  • H. Iizuka
    Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Japan
    Division of RI Laboratory, Biomedical Research Center,
  • T. Awata
    Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Japan
    Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes,
    Division of RI Laboratory, Biomedical Research Center,
  • S. Yoneya
    Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Japan
    Department of Ophthahlmology,
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  S. Kabasawa, None; K. Mori, None; P.L. Gehlbach, None; K. Ueyama, None; H. Omata, None; M. Oosaki, None; H. Iizuka, None; T. Awata, None; S. Yoneya, None.
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2008, Vol.49, 605. doi:
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      S. Kabasawa, K. Mori, P. L. Gehlbach, K. Ueyama, H. Omata, M. Oosaki, H. Iizuka, T. Awata, S. Yoneya; Age and Cigarette Smoking, But Not Gender, Moderately Influence the Risk of AMD and PCV in a Japanese Population. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2008;49(13):605.

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Abstract

Purpose: : To evaluate the association of environmental factors with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) in a native Japanese population.

Methods: : The study cohort included 177 patients with AMD, 71 patients with PCV and 142 subjects without either AMD or PCV. Each participant provided a complete data set of information assessing a standardized set of potential associated factors such as: age, sex, smoking history (pack-year), body mass index (BMI), history of cardiovascular disease hypertension and diabetes. The data set was analyzed using logistic regression with covariates.

Results: : Age and smoking had a significant association with AMD (p=2.29x10-3; OR(95%CI): 1.05(1.02-1.08), p=1.17x10-4; OR(95%CI): 2.03(1.41-2.90), respectively). The incidence of PCV was also associated with age and cigarette smoking. However, neither AMD nor PCV was associated with other factors including gender.

Conclusions: : In the Japanese population studied, age and cigarette smoking moderately influenced the risk of AMD and PCV. Although prior reports indicate a male predominance among Japanese with AMD and PCV, this study suggests that cigarette smoking rather than gender is the source of the reported predominance (confounding bias). This result is consistent with the reported rate of smoking for males (84%) and females (14%) in the Japanese population (source: the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare).

Keywords: age-related macular degeneration 
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