title: The age-related eye disease study (AREDS).
abstract: Some of the earliest and best known manifestations of malnutrition involve visual disorders, such as blindness that results from vitamin A deficiency. Interest is now being focused on the role of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of chronic age-related disorders. The Age-related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) was conducted in order to determine whether high-dose supplementation could influence the natural progres sion of eye disease in older Americans. AREDS found that prospective administration of purified vitamin C, vitamin E, beta-carotene, zinc, and copper had some benefits for age-related maculopathy, but had virtually no impact on the progression of cataracts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Foods and Nutrition, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
authors.forename: Billy R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.forename: Mary Ann
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications*