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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 May 17.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Ophthalmol. 2001 Oct;119(10):1417–1436. doi: 10.1001/archopht.119.10.1417

Table 6.

Effect of Treatment on Risk of Loss of Visual Acuity Score of ≥15 Letters Coincident With Progression to Advanced AMD*

Participants in AMD Categories 3 and 4 (n = 2516)
Participants in AMD Category 3 (n = 1588)
Participants in AMD Category 4 (n = 928)
Treatment OR (99% CI) PValue OR (99% CI) PValue OR (99% CI) PValue
Antioxidants vs no antioxidants 0.82 (0.63–1.06) .04 0.87 (0.60–1.26) .34 0.76 (0.53–1.11) .06
Zinc vs no zinc 0.77 (0.60–1.00) .011 0.87 (0.60–1.26) .34 0.69 (0.47–0.99) .009
Antioxidants vs placebo 0.79 (0.55–1.13) .09 0.87 (0.52–1.46) .49 0.71 (0.43–1.17) .08
Zinc vs placebo 0.75 (0.53–1.07) .04 0.87 (0.52–1.46) .49 0.64 (0.38–1.06) .02
Antioxidants + zinc vs placebo 0.63 (0.44–0.92) .001 0.76 (0.45–1.30) .19 0.52 (0.31–0.89) .002
Total No. of participants with events 585 270 315
*

Unadjusted analysis by repeated-measures logistic regression. AMD indicates age-related macular degeneration; OR, odds ratio; and CI, confidence interval. P≤.01 is considered statistically significant.