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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 31.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2009 Oct 1;149(1):160–169. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.07.025

Table 5.

Risk factors for incident Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) in the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Eye Study.*

Risk Factor Unadjusted Age-adjusted Age and Race-adjusted Multivariable-adjusted
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Early AMD
Any alcohol in last 30 days: Yes vs. No 1.67 (1.27–2.19) 1.58 (1.20–2.09) 1.58 (1.20–2.08) 1.57 (1.18–2.11)
Current smoker: Yes vs. No 0.99 (0.48–2.04) 1.13 (0.54–2.35) 1.13 (0.55–2.36) 1.11 (0.53–2.35)
Late AMD
Any alcohol in last 30 days: Yes vs. No 0.86 (0.57–1.31) 0.79 (0.52–1.21) 0.75 (0.49–1.15) 0.79 (0.51–1.23)
Current smoker: Yes vs. No 0.79 (0.24–2.58) 0.99 (0.30–3.25) 1.01 (0.31–3.33) 1.04 (0.31–3.47)

AMD=Age-related macular degeneration; OR=Odds ratio; CI = Confidence interval.

*

Estimates were weighted by attrition weights.

Model includes alcohol consumption, current smoking, age, race, hypertension, walks for exercise, and study sites.

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