Healthy Lifestyle Directly Linked to Eye Health
Modifying your lifestyle will reduce your risk for
age-related macular degeneration
The Carotenoids in Age-Related Eye Disease Study
included 1313 women participants aged 55-74 years.
 Its
purpose was to investigate the relationships between
lifestyle behaviors of diet, smoking and physical
activity and the subsequent prevalence of
age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
The study found that women who had unhealthy diets or
smoked or did not exercise, had significantly higher
odds of developing AMD.
The three groups
Diet
The 2005 Healthy Eating
Index was used to gauge diet quality and eating habits.
Those women who scored highest in
healthy diets lowered
their odds of developing early AMD by 46%.
Exercise
Physical activity was
quantified in metabolic energy task hours per week. The
women in the highest quintile for physical activity had
54% lower odds for early AMD compared with the women in
the lowest quintile.
Smoking
Cigarette smoking was not
independently associated with AMD. But women who
combined smoking with the poor diet and exercise
behaviors had 71% higher odds of developing AMD.
The study results conclude that modifying lifestyles
and behaviors may reduce the risk for developing AMD.
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