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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 12.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Intern Med. 2011 Apr 11;171(13):1206–1207. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.140

Table.

Number and percent of subjects having distance vision loss with usual and best achieved optical correction (N=1887).

Usual optical correction Best achieved optical correction
Normal bilateral Unilateral visual loss Moderate visual impairment Low vision Total
Normal bilateral 726 (38.5) - - - 726 (38.5)
Unilateral visual loss 353 (18.7) 197(10.4) - - 550 (29.1)
Moderate visual impairment 187 (9.9) 116 (6.1) 167 (8.9) - 470 (24.9)
Low vision 22 (1.2) 18 (1.0) 31 (1.6) 70 (3.7) 141 (7.5)
Total 1288 (68.3) 331 (17.5) 198 (10.5) 70 (3.7) 1887 (100)