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The study included 663 eyes of 663 Japanese subjects (357 males, 306 females). The mean age was 69.9 years with a standard deviation of 11.0. The study population comprised participants with primary open-angle glaucoma (PG) (n = 358), exfoliation glaucoma (EG) (n = 168), and controls (n = 137). Multivariate models suggested that lower skin carotenoid (SC) levels were associated with male gender (standard \u03b2 = \u22120.14), AGE scores (\u22120.24), and a history of intraocular surgery (\u22120.22). Higher SC levels were associated with higher vegetable intake scores (0.21 for score 3) and diabetes (0.10). However, no association was seen between SCs and glaucoma type. AGEs levels were negatively associated with carotenoid scores (\u22120.25), PG (\u22120.15), and smoking habits (\u22120.26) and positively correlated with EG (0.14). SCs and AGEs were negatively correlated in the single regression analysis (r = \u22120.20, p &lt; 0.0001). 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