There is a genetic link between an eye disease and cholesterol level in the body, according to two new studies.

Though, the researchers did not fully comprehend the connection and fail to find better treatments for the eye disease, but they insist that the results could lead to future progress.

Anand Swaroop, an investigator with the National Eye Institute and lead author of one of the reports shared that scientists have been discovering the cholesterol-eye disease link for some time.

He said, "But somehow, their studies did not get much attention. Hopefully now the genetic evidence is so strong that people will explore those possibilities in much more detail".

Swaroop further added that about 25% of the people over the age of 65 and 30% of those over 75 develop AMD every year. The disease affects macula, an area of the retina, which makes people blind in the central area of their field of vision.

Swaroop also clarified that genes and environment alone do not cause the disease. High levels of good cholesterol may boost a person's risk of developing the eye disease.