During the interview, participants were asked, “how often did you drink other 100 percent fruit juice or 100 percent fruit juice mixtures (such as pineapple, prune, or others)?” The answers were: never, one time per month or less, two to three times per month, one to two times per week, three to four times per week, five to six times per week, one time per day, two to three times per day, four to five times per day, six or more times per day.
Participants were divided into a never-consuming group, a moderate-consuming group: one time per month or more and less than one time per day, and a high-consuming group: one time per day or more.
The researchers adjusted for potential confounding factors such as gender, age, race, education, income to poverty ratio; health status; body mass index (BMI); health-related behaviours.
What they found out
The results show that 100 percent fruit juice consumption did not affect early AMD and any AMD.
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