A twin study of age-related macular degeneration.
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Abstract
To determine the importance of genetic factors in age-related macular degeneration by using a twin study to compare the concordance of age-related macular degeneration in monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairs. We prospectively examined 134 consecutive twin pairs and two triplet sets for age-related macular degeneration. The zygosity was determined by genetic laboratory tests. The concordance of age-related macular degeneration was 100% (25 of 25) in monozygotic and 42% (five of 12) in dizygotic twin pairs. The other twins or triplets had no macular changes of age-related macular degeneration. The statistically significant higher concordance of age-related macular degeneration in monozygotic than in dizygotic twin pairs and the clinical heterogeneity of age-related macular degeneration strongly suggest the importance of genetic and nongenetic factors, respectively, in age-related macular degeneration.
Medical subject headings
- Aging
- Diseases in Twins
- Macular Degeneration