Study	Reason for exclusion
Berendschot 2009	Study participants were not randomized to statin use; randomized controlled trial of participants on statins assigned to 1 of 3 dietary groups (control margarine, plant sterol‐enriched margarine, or plant stanol‐enriched margarine)
Della Valle 2000	Study participants were not randomized; control arm included participants who refused to use simvastatin for various reasons
Drobek‐Slowik 2008	Study participants were not randomized; history of statin use for people with AMD compared with people without AMD
Maguire 2009	Study participants were not randomized to statin use; retrospective study based on a cohort of trial participants
Mao 2009	Not the outcome of interest; randomized controlled trial of participants with AMD assigned to statins or placebo; analyzed hemodynamic changes after 3 months (no vision‐related outcomes assessed)
Sen 2002	The study was in people with diabetic retinopathy

AMD: age‐related macular degeneration