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Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2010 Feb 24;149(5):728–34.e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.11.012

Table 5.

Proportion of cases with a specific type of lens opacity and a visual acuity that is worse than 20/40 at 4-year follow-up in Participants of the Los Angeles Latino Eye Study

	Follow-up VA worse than 20/40
Opacity Type	Incident cases^** (%)	Cataract Free participants	p-value^†
Any cortical	6.7	1.4	0.003
Any nuclear	10.9	1.0	<0.001
Any PSC^*	26.0	1.9	<0.001

Note: Only included subjects with VA 20/40 or better at baseline

Posterior subcapsular

^†

age,adjusted

^**

Incident Cases: persons who developed new opacity type at the 4-year follow-up.

Cataract Free participants: persons with no opacities