Collectively, we demonstrated that the complement factor B genes rs641153 and rs4151667, but not rs1048709, rs2072633, rs12614, were associated with the susceptibility of age-related macular degeneration and might play predictive roles in future age-related macular degeneration diagnosis.
Three SNPs in C2 (rs547154 [IVS10]; P = 5.4 x 10(-11)) and CFB (rs641153 [R32Q], P = 2.2 x 10(-7) and rs2072633 [IVS17]; P = 2.0 x 10(-4)) were strongly associated with reduced risk of AMD.
No association with AMD was found for SNP rs9332739 (E318D) in the C2 gene or for rs4151667 (L9H), rs1048709 (R150R), rs4151659 (K565E), or rs2072633 (IVS17) in the BF gene.