Visualization of Dietary Patterns and Their Associations With Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We aimed to visualize the relationship of predominant dietary patterns and their associations with AMD.

Methods

A total of 8103 eyes from 4088 participants in the baseline Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) were classified into three groups: control (n = 2739), early AMD (n = 4599), and advanced AMD (n = 765). Using principle component analysis, two major dietary patterns and eight minor dietary patterns were characterized. Applying logistic regression in our analysis, we related dietary patterns to the prevalence of AMD. Qualitative comparative analysis by operating Boolean algebra and drawing Venn diagrams was used to visualize our findings.

Results

In general, the eight minor patterns were subsets or extensions of either one of the two major dietary patt

SUBMITTER: Chiu CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5361454 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature