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THURSDAY, Oct. 4, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Higher adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MeDi) is associated with a reduced risk for incident advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a study recently published in Ophthalmology<\/i>.<\/p>\n
B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte M. J. Merle, Ph.D., from the Universit\u00e9 de Bordeaux in France, and colleagues examined correlations between adherence to the MeDi and incidence of advanced AMD in two European population-based prospective cohorts: the Rotterdam Study I (RS-I; 4,446 participants aged 55 years or older) and the Antioxydants, Lipides Essentiels, Nutrition et Maladies Oculaires (Alienor) Study (550 participants aged 73 years and older).<\/p>\n
The researchers found that 155 participants demonstrated advanced incident AMD (117 from the RS-I and 38 from the Alienor Study). Participants with a high MeDi score showed a significantly reduced risk for incident advanced AMD versus participants with a low score (range, 6 to 9 versus 0 to 3) in the fully adjusted model using data for both the RS-I and Alienor Study (hazard ratio, 0.59).<\/p>\n
“These findings support the role of a diet rich in healthful nutrient-rich foods such as fruits, vegetables, legumes, and fish in the prevention of AMD,” the authors write.<\/p>\n
Several authors disclosed financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry.<\/p>\n
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