| Title: | Chronic Kidney Disease as a Risk Factor for Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Prospective Cohort and Mendelian Randomization Analyses |
| Journal: | Ophthalmology Science |
| Published: | 13 Dec 2025 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41631247/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xops.2025.101036 |
| URL: | https://www.ophthalmologyscience.org/article/S2666-9145(25)00334-3/pdf |
Publication 17181
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Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate shared genetic influences and investigate the association of chronic kidney disease (CKD) with the risk for advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD).</p>
Design: Prospective cohort study and 2-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses.</p>
Participants: Data from 430 016 participants in the UK Biobank cohort and summary statistics from the largest publicly available genome-wide association studies on estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) (n = 1 004 040) and advanced AMD (n = 33 976; 16 144 cases) were analyzed.</p>
Methods: Cox regression models were used to assess the association between CKD and incident AMD, adjusting for demographic, lifestyle, and clinical covariates. For MR analyses, we used the random-effects inverse-variance weighted model as the primary model, supported by 5 additional MR models for sensitivity analyses. A causal relationship was considered significant if P < 0.05 in the primary model and in ≥2 sensitivity models, with all MR models showing a consistent effect direction. Colocalization analysis was performed to further identify shared genetic loci linking CKD and AMD.</p>
Main Outcome Measures: Causal associations between eGFR and advanced AMD.</p>
Results: In the UK Biobank, baseline CKD was significantly associated with an increased risk of incident AMD (hazard ratio, 1.12; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.01-1.25; P = 0.035) over a 10-year follow-up. Mendelian randomization analyses also demonstrated causality between lower eGFR and higher risk of advanced AMD (odds ratio, 2.03; 95% CI, 1.01-4.08; P = 0.048). Colocalization analysis indicated that the apolipoprotein E gene may contribute to this causality (rs56131196; colocalization posterior probability = 1.00, P = 2.29 x 10-33 for AMD; P = 2.29 x 10-13 for eGFR).</p>
Conclusions: Both prospective cohort and MR analyses support causality between CKD and AMD, highlighting the need for AMD screening among patients with CKD.</p>
Financial Disclosures: Proprietary or commercial disclosure may be found in the Footnotes and Disclosures at the end of this article.</p>
12 Authors
- Yu Jer Hsiao
- Hengtong Li
- Can Can Xue
- Crystal Chun Yuen Chong
- Enwen Zhu
- Qiang Yuan
- Marco Yu
- Chui Ming Gemmy Cheung
- Qiao Fan
- Charumathi Sabanayagam
- Yih-Chung Tham
- Ching-Yu Cheng
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