Table 1 of Seddon, Mol Vis 2010; 16:2412-2424.


Table 1. Distribution of demographic and behavioral risk factors for advanced age-related macular degeneration and controls according to hepatic lipase-C (LIPC) genotypes.

  Controls Geographic atrophy
  CC CT TT   CC CT TT  
LIPC: rs10468017 Genotype N % N % N % p value* N % N % N % p value*
Baseline age
50-69 89 (70) 92 (76) 21 (81)   38 (46) 28 (56) 4 (57)  
70-95 39 (30) 29 (24) 5 (19) 0.30 44 (54) 22 (44) 3 (43) 0.57
Gender
Male 58 (45) 57 (47) 10 (38)   44 (54) 24 (48) 3 (43)  
Female 70 (55) 64 (53) 16 (62) 0.49 38 (46) 26 (52) 4 (57) 0.58
Education
High School or Less 7 (5) 4 (3) 1 (4)   7 (9) 6 (12) 0 0.0  
College or more 121 (95) 117 (97) 25 (96) 0.80 75 (91) 44 (88) 7 100.0 0.47
Smoking
Never 67 (52) 56 (46) 15 (58)   30 (37) 16 (32) 3 (43)  
Former 58 (45) 57 (47) 10 (38) 0.50 42 (51) 31 (62) 3 (43) 0.71
Current 3 (2) 8 (7) 1 (4) 0.99 10 (12) 3 (6) 1 (14) 1.00
BMI
<25.0 39 (30) 40 (33) 9 (35)   23 (28) 16 (32) 3 (43)  
25.0-29.9 55 (43) 59 (49) 13 (50) 0.98 35 (43) 20 (40) 1 (14) 0.17
≥ 30.0 34 (27) 22 (18) 4 (15) 0.35 24 (29) 14 (28) 3 (43) 0.97
P for Trend             0.40             0.97
Supplements
No Antioxidants 69 (54) 66 (55) 17 (65)   44 (54) 30 (60) 4 (57)  
Antioxidants 59 (46) 55 (45) 9 (35) 0.28 38 (46) 20 (40) 3 (43) 0.84
Lutein: Calorie Adjusted, Sex specific (mean µg)
Males   1543.1   1703.1   1520.6 0.55   1329.5   1549.6   1100.7 0.67
Females   1468.0   1374.1   1607.8 0.91   1221.2   1361.6   1193.4 0.65
  Neovascular disease Combined advanced AMD
  CC CT TT   CC CT TT  
LIPC: rs10468017 Genotype N % N % N % p value* N % N % N % p value*
Baseline Age
50-69 102 (48) 89 (51) 4 (19)   140 (48) 117 (52) 8 (29)  
70-95 109 (52) 85 (49) 17 (81) 0.01 153 (52) 107 (48) 20 (71) 0.05
Gender
Male 88 (42) 64 (37) 6 (29)   132 (45) 88 (39) 9 (32)  
Female 123 (58) 110 (63) 15 (71) 0.24 161 (55) 136 (61) 19 (68) 0.18
Education
High School or Less 32 (15) 11 (6) 5 (24)   39 (13) 17 (8) 5 (18)  
College or more 179 (85) 163 (94) 16 (76) 0.24 254 (87) 207 (92) 23 (82) 0.48
Smoking
Never 78 (37) 70 (40) 11 (52)   108 (37) 86 (38) 14 (50)  
Former 108 (51) 82 (47) 8 (38) 0.18 150 (51) 113 (50) 11 (39) 0.17
Current 25 (12) 22 (13) 2 (10) 0.48 35 (12) 25 (11) 3 (11) 0.53
BMI
<25.0 45 (21) 51 (29) 4 (19)   68 (23) 67 (30) 7 (25)  
25.0-29.9 100 (47) 74 (43) 10 (48) 0.86 135 (46) 94 (42) 11 (39) 0.63
≥ 30.0 66 (31) 49 (28) 7 (33) 0.79 90 (31) 63 (28) 10 (36) 0.87
p for Trend             0.80             0.84
Supplements
No Antioxidants 109 (52) 84 (48) 8 (38)   153 (52) 114 (51) 12 (43)  
Antioxidants 102 (48) 90 (52) 13 (62) 0.24 140 (48) 110 (49) 16 (57) 0.34
Lutein: Calorie Adjusted, Sex specific (mean µg)
Males   1430.4   1651.6   1295.3 0.28   1395.9   1623.1   1226.9 0.25
Females   1254.8   1203.0   1315.6 0.86   1246.8   1231.8   1288.9 0.98