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. 2018 Mar 29;136(5):473–481. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2018.0504

Table 1. Incidence of Early and Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) per Person According to Sex and Age Groups in the ALIENOR Study, 2006-2012.

Characteristic No. 5-y Risk, %
Sex Group Age Group Total
Men Women 73-79 y ≥80 y
Total PYs Cases Incidence per 1000 PYs (95% CI) Total PYs Cases Incidence per 1000 PYs (95% CI) Total PYs Cases Incidence per 1000 PYs (95% CI) Total PYs Cases Incidence per 1000 PYs (95% CI) Total PYs Cases Incidence per 1000 PYs (95% CI)
Advanced AMD 911 13 14.3 (8.3-24.6) 1506 32 21.2 (15.0-30.0) 1072 13 12.1 (7.0-20.9) 1345 32 23.8 (16.8-33.6) 2417 45 18.6 (13.9-24.9) 8.9
Neovascular AMD 934 2 2.1 (0.5-8.6) 1531 20 13.1 (8.4-20.3) 1078 9 8.3 (4.3-16.0) 1387 13 9.4 (5.4-16.1) 2465 22 8.9 (5.9-13.6) 4.4
Atrophic AMD 911 11 12.1 (6.7-21.8) 1506 13 8.6 (5.0-14.9) 1072 4 3.7 (1.4-9.9) 1345 20 14.9 (9.6-23.0) 2417 24 9.9 (6.7-14.8) 4.8
Early AMD 615 42 68.3 (50.5-92.4) 888 78 87.8 (70.4-109.7) 745 49 65.8 (49.7-87.0) 758 71 93.7 (74.2-118.2) 1503 120 79.9 (66.8-95.5) 32.9
Distinct soft drusen 773 35 45.3 (32.5-63.0) 1191 76 63.8 (51.0-79.9) 925 44 47.6 (35.4-63.9) 1039 67 64.5 (50.7-81.9) 1964 111 56.5 (46.9-68.1) 24.6
Indistinct soft drusen 807 28 34.7 (23.9-50.2) 1257 44 35.0 (26.1-47.0) 953 35 36.7 (26.4-51.2) 1112 37 33.3 (24.1-45.9) 2064 72 34.9 (27.7-43.9) 16.0
Reticular pseudodrusen 882 9 10.2 (5.3-19.6) 1414 25 17.7 (11.9-26.2) 1043 8 7.7 (3.8-15.3) 1253 26 20.8 (14.1-30.5) 2296 34 14.8 (10.6-20.7) 7.1
Large area of soft drusen 807 16 19.8 (12.2-32.4) 1178 32 27.2 (19.2-38.4) 928 18 19.4 (12.2-30.8) 1057 30 28.4 (19.9-40.6) 1985 48 24.2 (18.2-32.1) 11.4
Intermediate soft drusen 316 66 209.2 (164.4-266.3) 368 90 244.3 (198.7-300.3) 386 84 217.5 (175.6-269.3) 298 72 241.9 (192.0-304.7) 684 156 228.1 (195.0-266.9) 68.0
Pigmentary abnormalities 565 31 54.9 (38.6-78.1) 899 69 76.7 (60.6-97.1) 708 32 45.2 (32.0-63.9) 756 68 89.9 (70.9-114.0) 1464 100 68.3 (56.1-83.1) 28.9

Abbreviation: PY, person-year.