From China: Socioeconomic Factors Increase Risk for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Socioeconomic factors are linked to an increased risk for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a study published online July 1 in Health Data Science.

Yanlin Qu, from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, and colleagues investigated whether low socioeconomic status (SES) increases the risk for AMD and explored the effect of a healthy lifestyle on this association. The analysis included data from 316,663 participants in the U.K. Biobank.

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