THRB discriminated very efficiently patients with DR from RRD (AUC=0.90, p-value=3.75E-05), whilst coagulation factor IX (F9) distinguished reliably patients with DR from AMD (AUC=0.87, p-value=5.64E-04) and RRD (AUC=0.80, p-value= 1,35E-03). The gene discussed is THRB; the disease is age-related macular degeneration.