Macular pigment found to be higher in wet AMD group

Macular pigment optical density (MPOD) of a group of patients with unilateral wet AMD has been found to be higher than that of a group with just dry AMD changes.

The significant difference was found using heterochromic flicker photometry and reported in this month's Acta Ophthalmologica. The paper concluded that the findings again emphasise the importance of further investigation to establish exactly the role of macular pigments in AMD progression.