Macular Degeneration - Risk Factors

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <meta name="keywords" content= "macular degeneration, risk factors,smoking, age, gender,cholesterol, caucasion,African American,fruits, vegetables, eye color,ultraviolet light,blindness, eye, grants, American Health Assistance Foundation"> <meta name="Description" content="Funds scientific research on macular degeneration and educates the public about this disease"> <p align="center"><font size="5"><b><font size="7">Macular Degeneration Research</font></b></font> <p align="center">  <center> <h2><b>Risk Factors</b></h2> </center> <ul> <li> Smoking</li> <li>Age (Americans have a 2 percent chance of having macular degeneration during their 50’s, which increases to almost 20 percent for those age 75 and older)</li> <li> Gender (women appear to be at slightly higher risk)</li> <li> Family history</li> <li> High cholesterol </li> <li> Caucasians are much more likely to have macular degeneration than African Americans.</li> <li>There are also suggestions that visible and ultraviolet light, low consumption of fruits and vegetables and having light skin color and blue eyes may all be factors associated with increase risk. </li> </ul> <div align="center"> <p> </p> </div> <p align="center"> <font size="5">Your browser cannot view frames, so please visit our <a href="../../text_index/text_macular/text_m_risk.htm">no-frames </a> section for more information on risk factors. The no-frames section is also designed to be accessible for person's with disabilities.</font> <p align="center"> <a href="../../index.html" target="_top"><font size="3">Home Page</font></a> | <a href="maabout.htm" target="_top">About Macular Degeneration</a> <p align="center">  </body>