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Do dietary patterns (salt and meat intake) affect the risk of early age-related macular degeneration in adults over 60?
Do dietary patterns (salt and meat intake) affect the risk of early age-related macular degeneration in adults over 60?
In a Chinese cohort over 60 years old, high-salt intake was associated with an increased risk of early AMD, while meat intake was associated with a decreased risk.
Should not yet change dietary advice; hypothesis-generating for salt and meat intake in early AMD.
In Hunan China, there was a high frequency of early AMD detected through health examination over the 60 years old. And high-salt intake increases the risk of early AMD, whereas intake of meat decreases the risk. Modulating the dietary pattern and reducing the salt intake as an AMD prevention strategy warrant further study.
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Lin et al. (2022) studied this question.
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