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Abstract
To examine the relationship between coffee and caffeine consumption and the 5-year
incidence of early age-related maculopathy and its component lesions, soft indistinct
drusen or pigmentary abnormalities.
A prospective cohort study conducted from 1988 to 1995 with an average follow-up of
4.8 years.
Data from baseline and 5-year follow-up examinations were analyzed for Beaver Dam
Eye Study participants (n = 3435). The Wisconsin Age-Related Maculopathy Grading System
was used to assess the presence and severity of early age-related maculopathy.
Men were more likely to be coffee and caffeine drinkers than were women. For both
men and women, coffee and caffeine intake decreased with age. Coffee and caffeine
consumption were not associated with the 5-year incidence of early age-related maculopathy,
soft indistinct drusen, or pigmentary abnormalities.
Neither a history of coffee nor caffeine consumption is associated with incident early
age-related maculopathy.