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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Aging Health. 2010 Mar 15;22(4):504–521. doi: 10.1177/0898264310361368

Table 2.

Visual function characteristics of the study sample.

Characteristic Binocular Better Eye Worse Eye
Distance Visual Acuity, n (%)
 20/25 or better 17 (4.3) 43 (11.0) 6 (1.5)
 Worse than 20/25 to 20/60 191 (48.7) 224 (57.1) 151 (38.5)
 Worse than 20/60 but better than 20/200 151 (38.5) 101 (25.8) 142 (36.2)
 20/200 or worse 33 (8.4) 24 (6.1) 93 (23.7)
Distance Visual Acuity, logMAR, M (SD) 0.41 (0.28) 0.43 (0.29) 0.65 (0.33)
Near Visual Acuity, n (%)
 20/25 or better 38 (9.7) 9 (2.3) 2 (0.5)
 Worse than 20/25 to 20/60 241 (61.6) 179 (45.7) 91 (23.2)
 Worse than 20/60 but better than 20/200 90 (23.0) 164 (41.8) 182 (46.4)
 20/200 or worse 22 (5.6) 40 (10.2) 117 (29.9)
Near Visual Acuity, logMAR, M (SD) 0.55 (0.33) 0.57 (0.32) 0.81 (0.37)
Contrast Sensitivity, n (%)
 ≥ 1.80 2 (0.5) ---- ----
 ≥ 1.50 but < 1.80 89 (22.8) 36 (9.2) 7 (1.8)
 ≥ 1.20 but < 1.50 171 (43.9) 192 (49.2) 117 (30.0)
 ≥ 0.90 but < 1.20 71 (18.2) 92 (23.6) 111 (28.5)
 ≥ 0.60 but < 0.90 32 (8.2) 40 (10.3) 54 (13.9)
 ≥ 0.30 but < 0.60 11 (2.8) 15 (3.9) 26 (6.7)
 < 0.30 14 (3.6) 15 (3.9) 75 (19.2)
Contrast Sensitivity, log sensitivity, M (SD) 1.2 (0.38) 1.1 (0.36) 0.82 (0.52)