We found no associations of <i>TLR3</i> (rs3775291), <i>CFD</i> (rs3826945), <i>FRK</i> (rs1999930) or <i>LIPC</i> (rs10468017) or <i>APOE</i> ε4 alleles with nvAMD or early AMD, nor between early AMD and rs1883025 or rs4711751.
The present meta-analysis indicated that the T allelic in rs1883025 variant was significantly associated with the risk of developing AMD, particularly at the early stage.
After multivariate adjustment for age, sex, educational level, smoking, BMI, lipid-lowering medication use, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and for all relevant genetic polymorphisms (ApoE2, ApoE4, CFH Y402H, ARMS2 A69S, LIPC rs10468017, LIPC rs493258, LPL rs12678919, ABCA1 rs1883025 and CETP rs3764261), higher HDL was significantly associated with an increased risk of early (OR = 2.45, 95%CI: 1.54-3.90; P = 0.0002) and any AMD (OR = 2.29, 95%CI: 1.46-3.59; P = 0.0003).