PURPOSE: To investigate whether genetic polymorphisms of GSTZ1 contribute to the development of exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS: The present case-control study consisted of 112 patients (44 female, 68 male) with exudative AMD and 112 sex frequency-matched healthy controls were randomly selected from unrelated volunteers in the same clinic. Genotypes were determined by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism-based method. RESULTS: There was no significant association between study polymorphisms and susceptibility to exudative AMD. Considering the significant difference in age distribution between cases and controls, age was used as a covariate in further analysis. After odds ratio adjustment for age, the same results were observed. The study polymorphisms showed linkage disequilibrium. Analysis revealed that there was no difference between cases and controls for the prevalence of the haplotypes of GSTZ1. CONCLUSIONS: Our study did not support any association between susceptibility to exudative AMD and polymorphisms of GSTZ1.
PURPOSE: To investigate whether genetic polymorphisms of GSTZ1 contribute to the development of exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS: The present case-control study consisted of 112 patients (44 female, 68 male) with exudative AMD and 112 sex frequency-matched healthy controls were randomly selected from unrelated volunteers in the same clinic. Genotypes were determined by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism-based method. RESULTS: There was no significant association between study polymorphisms and susceptibility to exudative AMD. Considering the significant difference in age distribution between cases and controls, age was used as a covariate in further analysis. After odds ratio adjustment for age, the same results were observed. The study polymorphisms showed linkage disequilibrium. Analysis revealed that there was no difference between cases and controls for the prevalence of the haplotypes of GSTZ1. CONCLUSIONS: Our study did not support any association between susceptibility to exudative AMD and polymorphisms of GSTZ1.