Table 4.
Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 (ARED2) Participant Lens Characteristics
| Lens Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Phakic in both eyes | 2878 (68.5) |
| Pseudophakic/Aphakic in one eye | 281 (6.7) |
| Pseudophakic/Aphakic in both eyes | 1044 (24.8) |
| Cortical Opacities on Photographs | |
| Absent/Questionable in both eyes | 1625 (39) |
| Absent/Questionable in one eyee | 722 (17) |
| Present in one eyee | 138 (3) |
| Present in both eyes | 642 (15) |
| Cannot Grade/Pseudophakic/Aphakic in both eyes | 1076 (26) |
| Posterior Subcapsular Opacities on Photographs | |
| Absent/Questionable in both eyes | 2587 (61) |
| Absent/Questionable in one eye1 | 432 (10) |
| Present in one eye1 | 41 (1) |
| Present in both eyes | 66 (2) |
| Cannot Grade/Pseudophakic/Aphakic in both eyes | 1077 (26) |
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Ungradable/Pseudopakic/Aphakic in fellow eye