The Association of Dietary Patterns with Age-Related Macular Degeneration in a Multiethnic Older Singaporean Population.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The associations of dietary patterns and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) have been reported using mostly Western and Japanese populations and evidence in multiethnic Asian populations, with potentially different dietary patterns, is lacking. In this study, we aimed to identify dietary patterns in a multiethnic older Singaporean population and examine their associations with AMD.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional analysis of the Population Health and Eye Disease Profile in Elderly Singaporeans (PIONEER) study. Dietary intake was assessed using a 110-item interviewer-administered food frequency questionnaire validated in a Singaporean population. Presence and stage of AMD were categorized using fundus photographs and an established AMD classification. Diet

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12948380 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature