ReviewAmerican journal of public health2016
Contribution of the Nurses' Health Study to the Epidemiology of Cataract, Age-Related Macular Degeneration, and Glaucoma.
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Jae H KangJae H. Kang is with the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Juan Wu is with the Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston. Eunyoung Cho is with the Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI. Soshiro Ogata is with the Department of Health Promotion Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan. Paul Jacques, Allen Taylor, and Chung-Jung Chiu are with the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston. Janey L. Wiggs and Louis R. Pasquale are with the Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School. Johanna M. Seddon is with the Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Genetics Service, New England Eye Center, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine. Susan E. Hankinson is with the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Debra A. Schaumberg is with the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
Juan WuJae H. Kang is with the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Juan Wu is with the Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston. Eunyoung Cho is with the Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI. Soshiro Ogata is with the Department of Health Promotion Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan. Paul Jacques, Allen Taylor, and Chung-Jung Chiu are with the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston. Janey L. Wiggs and Louis R. Pasquale are with the Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School. Johanna M. Seddon is with the Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Genetics Service, New England Eye Center, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine. Susan E. Hankinson is with the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Debra A. Schaumberg is with the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
Eunyoung ChoJae H. Kang is with the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Juan Wu is with the Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston. Eunyoung Cho is with the Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI. Soshiro Ogata is with the Department of Health Promotion Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan. Paul Jacques, Allen Taylor, and Chung-Jung Chiu are with the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston. Janey L. Wiggs and Louis R. Pasquale are with the Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School. Johanna M. Seddon is with the Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Genetics Service, New England Eye Center, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine. Susan E. Hankinson is with the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Debra A. Schaumberg is with the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
Soshiro OgataJae H. Kang is with the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Juan Wu is with the Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston. Eunyoung Cho is with the Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI. Soshiro Ogata is with the Department of Health Promotion Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan. Paul Jacques, Allen Taylor, and Chung-Jung Chiu are with the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston. Janey L. Wiggs and Louis R. Pasquale are with the Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School. Johanna M. Seddon is with the Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Genetics Service, New England Eye Center, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine. Susan E. Hankinson is with the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Debra A. Schaumberg is with the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
Paul JacquesJae H. Kang is with the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Juan Wu is with the Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston. Eunyoung Cho is with the Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI. Soshiro Ogata is with the Department of Health Promotion Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan. Paul Jacques, Allen Taylor, and Chung-Jung Chiu are with the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston. Janey L. Wiggs and Louis R. Pasquale are with the Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School. Johanna M. Seddon is with the Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Genetics Service, New England Eye Center, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine. Susan E. Hankinson is with the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Debra A. Schaumberg is with the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
Allen TaylorJae H. Kang is with the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Juan Wu is with the Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston. Eunyoung Cho is with the Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI. Soshiro Ogata is with the Department of Health Promotion Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan. Paul Jacques, Allen Taylor, and Chung-Jung Chiu are with the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston. Janey L. Wiggs and Louis R. Pasquale are with the Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School. Johanna M. Seddon is with the Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Genetics Service, New England Eye Center, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine. Susan E. Hankinson is with the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Debra A. Schaumberg is with the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
Chung-Jung ChiuJae H. Kang is with the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Juan Wu is with the Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston. Eunyoung Cho is with the Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI. Soshiro Ogata is with the Department of Health Promotion Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan. Paul Jacques, Allen Taylor, and Chung-Jung Chiu are with the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston. Janey L. Wiggs and Louis R. Pasquale are with the Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School. Johanna M. Seddon is with the Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Genetics Service, New England Eye Center, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine. Susan E. Hankinson is with the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Debra A. Schaumberg is with the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
Janey L WiggsJae H. Kang is with the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Juan Wu is with the Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston. Eunyoung Cho is with the Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI. Soshiro Ogata is with the Department of Health Promotion Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan. Paul Jacques, Allen Taylor, and Chung-Jung Chiu are with the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston. Janey L. Wiggs and Louis R. Pasquale are with the Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School. Johanna M. Seddon is with the Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Genetics Service, New England Eye Center, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine. Susan E. Hankinson is with the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Debra A. Schaumberg is with the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
Johanna M SeddonJae H. Kang is with the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Juan Wu is with the Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston. Eunyoung Cho is with the Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI. Soshiro Ogata is with the Department of Health Promotion Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan. Paul Jacques, Allen Taylor, and Chung-Jung Chiu are with the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston. Janey L. Wiggs and Louis R. Pasquale are with the Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School. Johanna M. Seddon is with the Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Genetics Service, New England Eye Center, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine. Susan E. Hankinson is with the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Debra A. Schaumberg is with the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
Susan E HankinsonJae H. Kang is with the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Juan Wu is with the Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston. Eunyoung Cho is with the Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI. Soshiro Ogata is with the Department of Health Promotion Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan. Paul Jacques, Allen Taylor, and Chung-Jung Chiu are with the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston. Janey L. Wiggs and Louis R. Pasquale are with the Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School. Johanna M. Seddon is with the Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Genetics Service, New England Eye Center, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine. Susan E. Hankinson is with the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Debra A. Schaumberg is with the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
Debra A SchaumbergJae H. Kang is with the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Juan Wu is with the Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston. Eunyoung Cho is with the Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI. Soshiro Ogata is with the Department of Health Promotion Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan. Paul Jacques, Allen Taylor, and Chung-Jung Chiu are with the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston. Janey L. Wiggs and Louis R. Pasquale are with the Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School. Johanna M. Seddon is with the Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Genetics Service, New England Eye Center, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine. Susan E. Hankinson is with the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Debra A. Schaumberg is with the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
Louis R PasqualeJae H. Kang is with the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Juan Wu is with the Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston. Eunyoung Cho is with the Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI. Soshiro Ogata is with the Department of Health Promotion Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan. Paul Jacques, Allen Taylor, and Chung-Jung Chiu are with the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston. Janey L. Wiggs and Louis R. Pasquale are with the Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School. Johanna M. Seddon is with the Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Genetics Service, New England Eye Center, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine. Susan E. Hankinson is with the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Debra A. Schaumberg is with the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · US
Funding
Long Term Multidisciplinary Study of Cancer in Women: The Nurses Health StudyUM1CA186107 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI ELIASSEN, A. HEATHER, STAMPFER, MEIR · 2014 to 2023
$22.3MCancer Epidemiology Cohort in Male Health ProfessionalsUM1CA167552 · NCI · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI WILLETT, WALTER C. · 2012 to 2016
$11.5MGene-Environment Interactions in GlaucomaR01EY015473 · NEI · MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY · PI PASQUALE, LOUIS ROBERT · 2005 to 2021
$8.3MThe NEIGHBORHOOD: POAG Heritable Overall Operational DatabaseR01EY022305 · NEI · MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY · PI WIGGS, JANEY L · 2012 to 2025
$7.9MGenetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Exfoliation Syndrome and GlaucomaR01EY020928 · NEI · MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY · PI KANG, JAE H, WIGGS, JANEY L · 2011 to 2025
$7.3MPROSPECTIVE STUDY OF RISK FACTORS FOR EYE DISEASER01EY009611 · NEI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI HANKINSON, SUSAN E. · 1995 to 2004
$2.2MUbiquitin function in eye lensR01EY026979 · NEI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI TAYLOR, ALLEN · 2016 to 2018
$1.2MGenetic Risk Factors for Central Vision Loss in GlaucomaR21EY022766 · NEI · MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY · PI WIGGS, JANEY L · 2013 to 2014
$445kNCI NIH HHS UM1 CA167552NCI NIH HHS UM1 CA186107NEI NIH HHS R01 EY009611NEI NIH HHS R01 EY015473NEI NIH HHS R01 EY020928NEI NIH HHS R01 EY022305NEI NIH HHS R01 EY026979NEI NIH HHS R21 EY022766
Abstract
objectivesTo review the contribution of the Nurses' Health Study (NHS) to understanding the genetic and lifestyle factors that influence the risk of cataract, age-related macular degeneration, and glaucoma.
methodsWe performed a narrative review of the publications of the NHS between 1976 and 2016.
resultsThe NHS has helped to elucidate the roles of genetics, lifestyle factors (e.g., cigarette smoking associated with cataract extraction and age-related macular degeneration), medical conditions (e.g., diabetes associated with cataract extraction and glaucoma), and dietary factors (e.g., greater carotenoid intake and lower glycemic diet associated with lower risk of age-related macular degeneration) in the etiology of degree and progression of lens opacities, cataract extraction, age-related macular degeneration, primary open-angle glaucoma, and exfoliation glaucoma.
conclusionsThe findings from the NHS, combined with those of other studies, have provided compelling evidence to support public health recommendations for helping to prevent age-related eye diseases: abstinence from cigarette smoking, maintenance of healthy weight and diabetes prevention, and a healthy diet rich in fruits and vegetables.
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