Table 1.
Main results of the Italian-American clinical trial of nutritional supplements and age-related cataract, Parma, 1996-2008
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RESULTS PROVIDED TO PARTICIPANTS FREQUENCY OF EVENTS |
PUBLISHED RESULTS[2] ASSOCIATION BETWEEN TREATMENT AND CATARACT EVENT |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| LENS EVENT | Treatment in 510 participants | Placebo in 510 participants | ||
| N. | N. | Hazard Ratio* | 95% Confidence Interval | |
| Cortical | 96 | 118 | 0.78 | 0.60 - 1.02 |
| Nuclear | 84 | 118 | 0.66 | 0.50 - 0.88 |
| PSC** | 74 | 37 | 2.00 | 1.35 - 2.98 |
| Cataract surgery | 88 | 90 | 0.95 | 0.71 - 1.28 |
| Any lens event*** | 227 | 255 | 0.82 | 0.68 - 0.98 |
* Adjusted for age and type of opacity
** Posterior Sub-Capsular
*** Participants could have more than one event