Table 21: Cumulative Incidence.
| Study | Diagnostic Methods | Follow-up years |
Number of Incidence Cases in study sample/number at risk |
Overall Crude Incidence Rates % (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbados Incidence Eye Study II (47) |
Fundus Photography and/or clinical evaluation |
9 | Early ARM: 260/2070 AMD: 21/3045 |
Early AMD: 12.6 (11.0-14.1) AMD: 0.7 (0.4-1.1) |
| Rotterdam Study (48) |
Fundus Photography | 6.5 | Early ARM:413/5836 413/25,113 person-years |
Early ARM:7.1 *16.4 (14.9-18.1) 5-year risk: 7.9 |
| AMD: 47/6312 47/26,592 person-years |
AMD: 0.74 *1.8 (1.3-2.4) 5-year risk:0.9 |
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| The Beaver Dam Eye Study (49) |
Fundus Photography | 5 | Early ARM: 232/2834 AMD: 32/3502 |
Early ARM: 8.2 AMD: 0.9 |
| Blue Mountains Study (50) |
Fundus Photography | 5 | Early ARM: 191/2198 AMD: 25/2313 |
Early ARM: 8.7 (†NR) AMD: 1.1 (†NR) |
*
per 1000 Person-years
†
NR=not reported