May 2007
Volume 48, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2007
Association Between Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme Gene Insertion/Deletion Polymorphisms and Early Age-related Maculopathy in a Japanese Population: The Funagata Study
Y. Tanabe; R. Kawasaki; H. Yamashita; M. Daimon; T. Kato; S. Kawata; T. Kayama; J. J. Wang; T. Y. Wong; P. Mitchell
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Y. Tanabe
    Department of Ophtalmology and Visual Science, School of Medicine, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan
  • R. Kawasaki
    Department of Ophtalmology and Visual Science, School of Medicine, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan
  • H. Yamashita
    Department of Ophtalmology and Visual Science, School of Medicine, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan
  • M. Daimon
    Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine 21st Century COE study Group, Yamagata, Japan
  • T. Kato
    Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine 21st Century COE study Group, Yamagata, Japan
  • S. Kawata
    Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine 21st Century COE study Group, Yamagata, Japan
  • T. Kayama
    Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine 21st Century COE study Group, Yamagata, Japan
  • J. J. Wang
    Centre for Eye Reseach Australia, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
  • T. Y. Wong
    Singapore Eye Reseach Instiute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
  • P. Mitchell
    Centre for Vision Reseach, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships Y. Tanabe, None; R. Kawasaki, None; H. Yamashita, None; M. Daimon, None; T. Kato, None; S. Kawata, None; T. Kayama, None; J.J. Wang, None; T.Y. Wong, None; P. Mitchell, None.
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      Y. Tanabe, R. Kawasaki, H. Yamashita, M. Daimon, T. Kato, S. Kawata, T. Kayama, J. J. Wang, T. Y. Wong, P. Mitchell; Association Between Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme Gene Insertion/Deletion Polymorphisms and Early Age-related Maculopathy in a Japanese Population: The Funagata Study. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2007;48(13):2110.

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Abstract

Purpose:: To assess the association between Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme (ACE) Gene Insertion (I) or Deletion (D) polymorphisms and early stage age-related maculopathy (early ARM) in a population-based Japanese sample.

Methods:: The Funagata study is a cross-sectional population-based study in adult Japanese aged 35 years or older (examined during 2000-02). Grading of early ARM lesions was performed at the Centre for Vision Research (Sydney) using the modified Wisconsin ARM Grading System. Early ARM was defined as presence of either large indistinct soft or reticular drusen, or both large distinct soft drusen and retinal pigmentary abnormalities within the macular area in the absence of late ARM. ACE polymorphisms (D/D, I/D or I/I) were determined using PCR.

Results:: Of the 1,667 participants, 687 (41.2 %) had data available on both early ARM status and the ACE genotypes. Genotype D/D was present in 9.6%, I/D in 46.4% and I/I in 44.0% of the sample; this distribution was in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Early ARM cases were more likely than people without ARM, to have the I/I genotype (50.3% vs 42.0%) and less likely to have the D/D (6.7% vs 10.5%) and I/D genotypes (42.9% vs 47.5%). The I allele frequency was also higher in early ARM cases than controls (D:I = 27.8%:72.2% vs 34.2%:65.7%, p=0.032). Apart from older age in the cases, there were no statistical differences between cases and controls in gender, systolic or diastolic blood pressure, or the proportions with diabetes or smokers. After adjusting for age, gender, smoking, and diabetes, higher systolic blood pressure (OR 1.2, 95% CI 1.02-1.35 per 10mmHg increase) and ACE I/I genotype (OR 2.2, 95% CI 1.02-4.64) were significantly associated with early ARM.

Conclusions:: In this Japanese adult population, we found that ACE gene I/D polymorphisms could represent another susceptibility marker for ARM.

Keywords: clinical (human) or epidemiologic studies: risk factor assessment 
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