Table 1.
Frequency Distribution of lens opacities, cataract surgery, refractive error and iris color in Latinos with and without specific age-related macular degeneration lesions in the the Los Angeles Latino Eye Study
| Characteristic | No AMD (N=10681) | Early AMD (N=664) | Soft Indistinct Drusen (N=421) | Increased Retinal Pigment (N=381) | RPE* Depigmentation (N=153) | Any Advanced AMD (N=36) | Geographic Atrophy (N=13) | Exudative AMD (N=23) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Cataract | ||||||||||||||||
| Any cataract | 1394 | 13.1 | 127 | 19.1 | 105 | 26.8 | 65 | 17.1 | 27 | 17.6 | 13 | 36.1 | 5 | 38.5 | 8 | 34.8 |
| Nuclear sclerosis | 617 | 5.8 | 68 | 10.2 | 58 | 14.8 | 37 | 9.7 | 17 | 11.1 | 13 | 36.1 | 5 | 38.5 | 8 | 34.8 |
| Posterior subcapsular | 141 | 1.3 | 17 | 2.6 | 15 | 2.3 | 9 | 2.4 | 1 | 0.7 | 3 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 13.0 |
| Cortical cataract | 1018 | 9.5 | 92 | 13.9 | 74 | 18.9 | 49 | 12.9 | 20 | 13.1 | 7 | 19.4 | 1 | 7.7 | 6 | 26.1 |
| Mixed | 350 | 3.3 | 46 | 6.9 | 40 | 10.2 | 28 | 7.3 | 11 | 7.2 | 8 | 22.2 | 1 | 7.7 | 7 | 30.4 |
| Cataract surgery | 216 | 2.0 | 43 | 6.5 | 39 | 9.3 | 25 | 6.6 | 14 | 9.2 | 11 | 30.6 | 4 | 30.8 | 7 | 30.4 |
| Refractive error | ||||||||||||||||
| emetropia (−0.5 to 0.5) | 5163 | 48.3 | 261 | 39.3 | 154 | 37.1 | 151 | 39.6 | 63 | 41.2 | 7 | 19.4 | 3 | 23.1 | 4 | 17.4 |
| hyperopia mild (+0.5 to +3) | 3004 | 28.1 | 230 | 34.6 | 138 | 5.1 | 141 | 37.0 | 44 | 28.8 | 19 | 52.8 | 7 | 53.8 | 12 | 52.2 |
| hyperopia mod/high (>+3) | 389 | 3.6 | 31 | 4.7 | 21 | 33.3 | 15 | 3.9 | 9 | 5.9 | 2 | 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8.7 |
| myopia mild (−0.5 to −3) | 1714 | 16.0 | 120 | 18.1 | 85 | 20.5 | 59 | 15.5 | 30 | 19.6 | 6 | 16.7 | 3 | 23.1 | 3 | 13.0 |
| myopia mod/high (<−3) | 379 | 3.5 | 15 | 2.3 | 17 | 4.1 | 10 | 2.6 | 4 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Iris color | ||||||||||||||||
| lighter (gray/blue/green) | 3715 | 34.7 | 207 | 31.1 | 135 | 32.4 | 127 | 33.3 | 57 | 37.3 | 21 | 58.3 | 10 | 77 | 11 | 47.8 |
| tan/brown | 6952 | 65.1 | 451 | 67.9 | 282 | 67.6 | 249 | 65.4 | 93 | 60.8 | 13 | 36.1 | 3 | 23.1 | 10 | 43.5 |
Note: N is number of eyes.
*
Retinal Pigment Epithelium