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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 4.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Ophthalmol. 2009 Sep;127(9):1168–1174. doi: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2009.198

Table 4.

Kaplan-Meier Estimates of Cumulative Probability of an Event

Time Estimate (95% Confidence Interval)
Central GA
Development
Bilateral GA
Development
At initial GA developmenta 0.35 (0.31-0.38) 0.07 (0.05-0.09)
Year 2 0.50 (0.46-0.54) 0.24 (0.21-0.28)
Year 4 0.66 (0.61-0.70) 0.37 (0.32-.042)
Year 6 0.77 (0.72-0.82) 0.47 (0.42-0.53)
Year 8 0.88 (0.82-0.94) 0.54 (0.47-0.60)
Year 10 0.96 (0.89-1.00) 0.62 (0.52-0.72)
Median time to event, y 2.5 (2.0-3.0) 7 (6.0-10.0)

Abbreviation: GA, geographic atrophy.

a

Central GA or bilateral GA occurring at the same time that any GA was first identified.