Table 13.
Studies investigating the relationship between zinc and risk for ARM.
| Study | No. of cases | Measure of risk factor | Type of ARM | Odds ratio or relative risk | 95% confidence interval |
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| Cross-Sectional Studies | |||||
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| Beaver Dam Eye Study [234] | 1968 | Dietary intake | Early ARM | 0.6 | 0.4–1.0 |
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| Beaver Dam Eye Study [234, 237] | 1709 | Dietary intake | Early ARM | 0.7 | 0.5–1.0 |
| Late ARM | 1.1 | 0.3–4.1 | |||
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| Blue Mountains Eye Study [233] | 2900 | Dietary intake | Early ARM | 0.8 | 0.5–1.3 |
| Late ARM | 1.0 | 0.4–2.8 | |||
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| Blue Mountains Eye Study [226, 233] | 1989 | Dietary intake | Early ARM | 1.3 | 0.7–2.7 |
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| Rotterdam Study [235] | 4170 | Dietary intake | Early and late ARM | 0.91 | 0.83–0.98 |