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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Aug 21;50(1):107–113. doi: 10.1167/iovs.08-2367

Table 3.

Demographic and Functional Characteristics of Those with Incident Driving Restriction or Cessation, Compared with Other Drivers

Incident Driving Restriction or Cessation
Continue
(n = 1143)
Restrict
(n = 41)
Stop Driving
(n = 18)
Unadjusted
P
P*
Demographics
Age, mean (SD) 74.9 (5.1) 75.7 (5.6) 78.6 (4.7) 0.015 0.012
Women (%) 47.5 87.8 50.0 <0.001 <0.001
Blacks (%) 12.1 17.1 16.7 0.27 0.23§
Education, mean years (SD) 13.7 (5.4) 12.4 (3.5) 13.6 (3.6) 0.02 0.02§
General health
GDS score, mean (SD) 3.5 (3.4) 4.9 (3.3) 6.2 (4.5) 0.0001 0.0009§
Arthritis (%) 55.7 63.4 88.9 0.02 0.10§
Stroke (%) 9.0 9.8 11.1 0.8 0.49§
Parkinson's disease (%) 0.6 2.4 0.0 0.3 0.20§
Medications (n) 6.4 (4.3) 6.4 (3.4) 6.8 (3.8) 0.8 0.9§
Using CNS medications (%) 12.9 12.2 16.7 0.9 0.8§
Cognitive function
Attention
Visual attention extent, mean deg (SD) 12.8 (5.1) 11.8 (5.3) 8.0 (6.3) 0.005 0.02 §
Visuospatial
Visuomotor integration, mean raw score (SD) 18.4 (3.4) 16.5 (3.6) 16.1 (4.3) <0.001 <0.001§
Psychomotor speed and visual scanning
Time TMT Part A in seconds, mean (SD) 48.5 (21.7) 60.1 (35.2) 84.2 (66.5) <0.001 <0.001§
Executive function
Time TMT Part B in seconds, mean (SD) 124.7 (71.9) 133.7 (76.3) 170.9 (77.8) 0.068 0.03 §
Visual function
LogMar, mean visual acuity (SD) −0.01 (0.11) 0.04 (0.15) 0.08 (0.014) <0.001 0.0006§
Contrast sensitivity, better eye mean (SD) 35.3 (2.2) 34.4 (2.7) 32.4 (4.1) <0.001 <0.001§
Bilateral VF points missing, mean (SD) 1.98 (5.1) 1.8 (3.8) 9.8 (17.1) 0.007 0.001§

Bold indicates statistical significance.

*

For analysis, those who restricted or stopped driving were combined.

Adjusted for sex.

Adjusted for age.

§

Adjusted for age and sex.