We genotyped 685 AMD patients and 277 controls for four SNPs of the selected candidate genes: rs800292 in complement factor H, rs10490924 in age-related maculopathy susceptibility 2 (ARMS2), rs2301995 in elastin (ELN), and rs1801133 in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR). This evidence concerns the gene ELN and age-related macular degeneration.