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Title: Re: 'Red meat and chicken consumption and its association with age-related macular degeneration' (letter)
Author/Creator: Flood, V. M.; Gopinath, B.; Rochtchina, E.; Smith, W.; Mitchell, P.
Institution: The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Health, School of Medicine and Public Health
Description: We read with interest the findings reported by Chong et al. in their recent article about meat consumption and risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) [Am J Epidemiol 2009;169(7):867-876]. It is certainly worthwhile to examine which dietary factors are potentially modifiable in order to reduce the risk of AMD. These include antioxidants, omega-3 fatty acids, and the glycemic index of foods consumed. We have some concerns in relation to this report, however, and believe that these findings will need further exploration and confirmation in longitudinal cohort studies that have examined eye disease in relation to diet.
Relation: American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 170, Issue 4, p. 531-532
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwp183
Date: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Keyword(s): meat consumption; age-related macular degeneration; dietary factors; eye disease; diet
Resource Type: journal article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/917567
Identifier: ISSN:0002-9262

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