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) |
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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.