Elevated high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and age-related macular degeneration: the Alienor study.

BACKGROUND: Lipid metabolism and particularly high-density lipoprotein (HDL) may be involved in the pathogenic mechanism of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). However, conflicting results have been reported in the associations of AMD with plasma HDL and other lipids, which may be confounded by...

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Main Authors: Audrey Cougnard-Grégoire, Marie-Noëlle Delyfer, Jean-François Korobelnik, Marie-Bénédicte Rougier, Mélanie Le Goff, Jean-François Dartigues, Pascale Barberger-Gateau, Cécile Delcourt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3946623?pdf=render