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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2014 Dec 31;122(4):787–795. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.10.014

Table 2.

Prevalence of Epiretinal Membranes and Vitreomacular Traction in the Presence of Selected Ocular Conditions in the Beaver Dam Eye Study, 2008–2010.

Covariate ERM absent (N=2308 eyes) ERM present (N=672 eyes) HR (95% CI) P value*

% with % with


Macular cysts 1.8 7.6 4.0 (2.5, 6.3) <.0001
Paravascular cysts 11.2 14.9 1.5 (1.1, 1.9) 0.007
Lamellar macular hole 0.7 7.3 10.6 (5.8, 19.6) <.0001
Full thickness macular hole 0.1 0.6 7.2 (1.5, 35.5) 0.06
Vitreomacular traction 0.6 2.2 2.7 (1.3, 5.5) 0.01

Covariate ERM corrugation only (N=87 eyes) ERM bridging and corrugation (N=414 eyes) HR (95% CI) P value*

% with % with


Macular cysts 3.5 10.4 2.6 (0.9, 7.2) 0.03
Paravascular cysts 17.2 12.6 0.7 (0.4, 1.3) 0.29
Lamellar macular hole 5.8 9.2 1.5 (0.6, 3.6) 0.31
Full thickness macular hole 1.2 1.0 0.7 (0.1, 6.5) 0.77
Vitreomacular traction 2.3 1.9 0.7 (0.2, 3.5) 0.71

Covariate VMT absent (N=2952 eyes) VMT present (N=28 eyes) HR (95% CI) P value*

% with % with


Macular cysts 3.0 21.4 7.0 (2.5, 20.1) 0.06
Paravascular cysts 12.0 17.9 1.7 (0.6, 4.6) 0.39
Lamellar macular hole 2.1 7.1 2.5 (0.4, 16.8) 0.43
Full thickness macular hole 0.2 3.6

Covariate ERM absent, VMT absent (N=2295 eyes) ERM present, VMT absent (N=657 eyes) ERM absent, VMT present (N=13 eyes) ERM present, VMT present (N=15 eyes) P value*

% with % with % with % with


Macular cysts 1.7 7.5 30.8 13.3 <.0001
Paravascular cysts 11.2 14.6 7.7 26.7 0.04
Lamellar macular hole 0.7 7.2 0.0 13.3
Full thickness macular hole 0.1 0.5 0.0 6.7

CI, confidence interval; ERM; epiretinal membrane; HR, hazard ratio; VMT, vitreomacular traction

*

For any difference among groups. Adjusted for age and sex.

Estimate is unreliable due to low number of subjects.