Table 2.
AMD causing visual impairment associated with smoking by age
Age group | Odds ratio* | 95% CI | p Value |
75–79 | 2.89 | 1.40 to 5.94 | 0.003 |
80–84 | 1.85 | 1.09 to 3.15 | 0.022 |
85–89 | 1.38 | 0.69 to 2.78 | 0.361 |
90+ | 0.93 | 0.25 to3.44 | 0.915 |
Mantel-Haenszel estimate of the odds ratio controlling for the effects of age = 1.78 (95% confidence intervals 1.26 to 2.52) p = 0.001.
*Odds of being a case if current smoker divided by odds of being a case if a non-smoker.