Dietary carbohydrate intake and glycemic index in relation to cortical and nuclear lens opacities in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1177-1184

  Chiu, Chung Jung ^a   Milton, Roy C ^b   Gensler, Gary ^b   Taylor, Allen ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Carbohydrate; Cataract; Epidemiology; Glycation; Glycemic index; Humans; Lens; Nutrition; Risk factor; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DISEASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATARACT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33745153406     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/83.5.1177     Document Type: Article

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