Table 4 of Seddon, Mol Vis 2010; 16:2412-2424.


Table 4. Assessment of effect of interactions between hepatic lipase-C (LIPC) genotype and lifestyle factors on risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

    LIPC genotype P (Trend) for Number of T alleles
    CC CT TT  
Number of cases          
  Combined Advanced AMD 293 224 28  
  Geographic Atrophy 82 50 7  
  Neovascular AMD 211 174 21  
Number of controls   128 121 26  
    OR (CI)* OR (CI)* OR (CI)*  
BMI Combined Advanced AMD         
  <25 1.0 1.1 (0.6 - 2.0) 0.6 (0.2 - 1.8)  
  25+ 1.7 (1.0 - 2.8) 1.4 (0.8 - 2.3) 0.7 (0.3 - 1.6)  
  P (Interaction)
0.40 (CT vs. CC) 0.59 (TT vs. CC) 0.40
Smoking Combined Advanced AMD         
  Never 1.0 1.1 (0.7 - 1.8) 0.6 (0.2 - 1.3)  
  Ever 2.1 (1.4 - 3.3) 1.6 (1.0 - 2.5) 0.7 (0.3 - 1.8)  
  P (Interaction)   0.27 (CT vs CC) 0.43 (TT vs. CC) 0.30
Lutein: Combined Advanced AMD        
calorie adjusted, ≤mean† 1.0 0.8 (0.5 - 1.3) 0.7 (0.3 - 1.7)  
sex specific > mean† 0.7 (0.4 - 1.1) 0.7 (0.4 - 1.1) 0.2 (0.1 - 0.5)  
  P (Interaction)   0.62 (CT vs. CC) 0.11 (TT vs. CC) 0.83