喫煙と男性における年齢関連の黄斑変性障害のリスクに関する前向きな研究

W G Christen1, R J Glynn, J E Manson

  • 1Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass, USA.

JAMA
|October 9, 1996
PubMed
まとめ

喫煙は,男性における年齢関連の黄斑変性 (AMD) のリスクを大幅に増加させる. 現在の大喫煙者は,非喫煙者と比較して,AMDを発症するリスクが2.46倍高い.

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