HTRA1 and age-related macular degeneration: Consistent with previous published findings for the Hong Kong Chinese [26] and Caucasian populations [27,47-49], our study shows that AMD risk is higher with the T allele of LOC387715rs10490924 or the A allele of rs11200638 in the promoter region of HTRA1. This finding is also consistent with those of Japanese studies published recently [50-52].