LOC387715, Smoking and Their Prognostic Impact on Visual Functional Status in Age-Related Macular Degeneration—The Muenster Aging and Retina Study (MARS) Cohort

Abstract

The interaction of homozygosity for the A69S-variant and smoking intensity had a negative impact on general-, near-, and far visual functional status independent of AMD-status. Quitting smoking seemed to have a time-dependent protective effect on near and far vision.