Predictors of macular pigment and contrast threshold in Spanish healthy normolipemic subjects (45-65 years) with habitual food intake.
Begoña Olmedilla-AlonsoElena Rodríguez-RodríguezBeatriz Beltrán-de-MiguelRocío Estévez-SantiagoMilagros Sánchez-PrietoPublished in: PloS one (2021)
A higher MPOD is associated with a lower ratio of L+Z/HDL-cholesterol and with a lower CT (higher contrast sensitivity). The HDL-cholesterol would also act indirectly on the CT improving the visual function.