Alcohol Use and Age-related Maculopathy in the Beaver Dam Eye Study

Because there are few epidemiologic data examining the relationship between alcohol use and age-related maculopathy, we investigated this relationship via the population-based Beaver Dam Eye Study. Alcohol consumption in the year before examination was determined by a standardized questionnaire. Age...

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Published in:American journal of ophthalmology 1995-08, Vol.120 (2), p.190-196
Main Authors: RITTER, LINDA L., KLEIN, RONALD, KLEIN, BARBARA E.K., MARES-PERLMAN, JULIE A., JENSEN, SUSAN C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alcohol Drinking - adverse effects
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Beer - adverse effects
Biological and medical sciences
Confidence Intervals
Confounding Factors (Epidemiology)
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Fundus Oculi
Humans
Incidence
Macular Degeneration - epidemiology
Macular Degeneration - etiology
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Odds Ratio
Ophthalmology
Retinal Degeneration - epidemiology
Retinal Degeneration - etiology
Retinopathies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Wine - adverse effects
Wisconsin - epidemiology
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Summary:Because there are few epidemiologic data examining the relationship between alcohol use and age-related maculopathy, we investigated this relationship via the population-based Beaver Dam Eye Study. Alcohol consumption in the year before examination was determined by a standardized questionnaire. Age-related maculopathy status was determined by grading stereoscopic color fundus photographs. While controlling for other factors, consumption of beer in the past year was related to greater odds of increased retinal pigment degeneration (odds ratio, 1.13; 95% confidence interval, 1.02, 1.25) and exudative macular degeneration (odds ratio, 1.41; 95% confidence interval, 1.05, 1.88). Current consumption of neither wine nor liquor was related to early or late age-related maculopathy. These data suggest a relationship between beer consumption and greater odds of having exudative macular degeneration. Whether this is from a toxic effect specific to beer or from other unknown confounders cannot be determined.
ISSN:0002-9394
1879-1891
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9394(14)72607-8