The SERI Singapore Indian Eye Study study found that aspirin use was associated with early age-related macular degeneration in people with a history of cardiovascular disease, but not in those without.
SERI looked for signs of AMD in 3207 ethnic Indians aged 40 years or older living in Singapore. Aspirin intake overall was not associated with early AMD, but in those with a history of cardiovascular disease the association between aspirin intake and early AMD might warrant further investigation.
Previous research in Australia had found that regular use of aspirin was associated with and increased risk of AMD.
Meta-analyses by the CREAM identified multiple new genes associated with refractive error and myopia.
Up to 30% of Western populations and 80% of Asians are short sighted. The genome-wide meta-analyses included over 37000 people from 27 studies of European ancestry and over 8000 from 5 Asian cohorts. 16 mutations that may be responsible for myopia were identified, in genes with functions in neurotransmission, ion transport, retinoic acid metabolism, extracellular matrix remodelling, and eye development.
A study that looked at Australian patients over a 15-year period found that regular use of aspirin was associated with an increased risk of age-related macular degeneration.
However a comment piece questioned whether the study had done enough to show that the association is causal.