Association between dietary glycemic index and age-related macular degeneration in nondiabetic participants in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 180-188

  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; Cardiovascular diseases; Diabetes; Epidemiology; Fat; Glycation; Inflammation; Insulin; Insulin like growth factor; Nutrition; Retina; Risk factor; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUSEN; EYE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION; MALE; POPULATION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX;

EID: 34447250772     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/86.1.180     Document Type: Article

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