In a study of Medicare beneficiaries living in Maryland, patients with advanced AMD were significantly less likely to eat at least one serving of seafood high in omega-3 fatty acids a week than healthy controls (OR 0.4, 95% CI 0.2 to 0.8), according to Bonnielin Swenor, MPH, of the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and colleagues.
The findings, which were reported online in Ophthalmology, are consistent with other recent epidemiological studies suggesting an inverse association between fish consumption and risk of AMD, including the Blue Mountain Eye Study and the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS).
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