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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Ophthalmol. 2014 Apr 1;132(4):456–463. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.7647

Table 3.

Vision change before and after introduction of photodynamic and anti-VEGF therapies

Decrease in vision, OR (95% CI) Vision loss/blindness, OR (95% CI)

Covariate Photodynamic
therapy
Anti-VEGF
therapy
Photodynamic
therapy
Anti-VEGF
therapy
Treatment 1.21** 0.59** 1.40** 0.54**
(1.06,1.38) (0.52,0.68) (1.19,1.63) (0.47,0.63)
Age 1.01 1.02** 1.02** 1.03**
(0.99,1.02) (1.01,1.03) (1.01,1.03) (1.01,1.04)
Male 0.83* 0.90 0.91 0.90
(0.72,0.96) (0.79,1.04) (0.77,1.08) (0.77,1.06)
Black 0.49* 0.70 0.47 0.62
(0.25,0.96) (0.39,1.25) (0.21,1.05) (0.31,1.26)
Hispanic 0.63 1.26 0.68 1.62
(0.23,1.69) (0.67,2.39) (0.22,2.14) (0.83,3.18)
Charlson Index 1.02 1.03 0.99 1.02
(0.99,1.05) (1.00,1.06) (0.96,1.04) (0.98,1.05)
Diabetes mellitus 1.02 0.87 0.90 0.83
(0.85,1.22) (0.74,1.03) (0.72,1.13) (0.68,1.01)
Glaucoma 1.13 1.01 1.28** 1.12
(0.97,1.31) (0.87,1.17) (1.07,1.53) (0.94,1.32)
Diabetic Retinopathy 0.84 1.09 1.24 1.24
(0.59,1.2) (0.81,1.47) (0.84,1.83) (0.89,1.74)
Cataract 1.18* 0.87* 1.10 0.87
(1.02,1.37) (0.76,0.99) (0.93,1.31) (0.75,1.02)
Other Eye Complication 1.46** 1.27** 1.42** 1.21*
(1.25,1.69) (1.09,1.48) (1.19,1.70) (1.01,1.45)

N 31,746 35,726 31,536 35,400
Percent with Outcome 2.95 2.62 2.97 2.64

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval

**

p<0.01,

*

p<0.05