Lipids, Lipid Genes, and Incident Age-Related Macular Degeneration: The Three Continent Age-Related Macular Degeneration Consortium

In a meta-analysis, there were no associations of cholesterol measures, history of statin use, or lipid pathway genes to the incidence and progression of AMD. These findings add to inconsistencies in earlier reports from our studies and others showing weak associations, no associations, or inverse associations of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and total cholesterol with AMD.