May 2005
Volume 46, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2005
Dietary Glycemic Index and Carbohydrate Intake in Relation to Early Age–related Maculopathy
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • C.–J. Chiu
    Lab Nutrition/Vision Res,
    Tufts University, Boston, MA
  • M. Morris
    Epidemiology Program,
    Tufts University, Boston, MA
  • L. Hubbard
    Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
  • J. Armstrong
    Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
  • G. Rogers
    Epidemiology Program,
    Tufts University, Boston, MA
  • P.F. Jacques
    Epidemiology Program,
    Tufts University, Boston, MA
  • S. Hankinson
    Channing Laboratory, Harvard University, Boston, MA
  • W. Willett
    Channing Laboratory, Harvard University, Boston, MA
  • L.T. Chylack, Jr
    Center for Ophthalmic Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
  • A. Taylor
    Lab Nutrition/Vision Res,
    Tufts University, Boston, MA
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  C. Chiu, None; M. Morris, None; L. Hubbard, None; J. Armstrong, None; G. Rogers, None; P.F. Jacques, None; S. Hankinson, None; W. Willett, None; L.T. Chylack, Jr., None; A. Taylor, None.
  • Footnotes
    Support  Johnson and Johnson focused funding, Gierhardt Gift, Mass. Lions Eye Research Fund, NEI EY09611, EY0
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2005, Vol.46, 3300. doi:
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      C.–J. Chiu, M. Morris, L. Hubbard, J. Armstrong, G. Rogers, P.F. Jacques, S. Hankinson, W. Willett, L.T. Chylack, Jr, A. Taylor; Dietary Glycemic Index and Carbohydrate Intake in Relation to Early Age–related Maculopathy . Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2005;46(13):3300.

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Abstract

Abstract: : Background: Dietary carbohydrate may play a role in the pathogenesis of age–related maculopathy (ARM). Objective: To examine the relationship between ARM and dietary carbohydrate quality, as measured by glycemic index (GI), and total carbohydrate intake. Design: One thousand forty three eyes from 526 Boston–area participants from the Nurses’ Health Study were included in the present study. The classification and the degree of ARM were quantified by the Age–Related Eye Diseases Study classification system. Long–term dietary information was based on an average from four semiquantitative food frequency questionnaires collected over a 10–y period before the eye examination. We used eyes as the unit of analysis, and generated odds ratios for prevalence of ARM using a generalized estimating approach to logistic regression to account for the lack of independence between the two eyes from the same subject. Results:After multivariate adjustment, long–term dietary GI was related to prevalence of maculopathy (including geographic atrophy, pigment abnormalities associated with ARM, choroidal neovascularization, and retinal pigment epithelial detachment), while total carbohydrate intake was not. The strongest association was observed between pigment abnormalities and dietary GI (OR = 2.75, 95 % CI: 1.22 – 6.21 comparing women in the highest and lowest dietary GI tertile categories; Ptrend = 0.01). Neither dietary GI nor total carbohydrate intake was related to prevalence of drusen. Conclusions: Our results suggest that dietary GI is an independent risk factor for early maculopathy.

Keywords: age-related macular degeneration • aging • clinical (human) or epidemiologic studies: risk factor assessment 
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