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Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2019 Jun 12;126(11):1541–1548. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2019.06.004

Table 3.

The Effect of Dietary Supplements in Strata According to the Number of CFH or ARMS2 Risk Alleles

Late Age-Related Macular Degeneration Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Any Geographic Atrophy
Supplements CFH Risk Alleles Hazard Ratio 95% Confidence Interval P Value Hazard Ratio 95% Confidence Interval P Value Hazard Ratio 95% Confidence Interval P Value
Lutein and zeaxanthin 0 0.811 0.572–1.148 0.237 0.796 0.531–1.191 0.267 0.866 0.555–1.349 0.524
1 0.985 0.820–1.183 0.872 0.981 0.792–1.215 0.862 0.967 0.767–1.218 0.774
2 1.197 0.927–1.546 0.168 1.210 0.893–1.640 0.219 1.080 0.790–1.475 0.630
Omega-3 fatty acids 0 0.932 0.658–1.320 0.690 0.798 0.533–1.194 0.272 1.006 0.645–1.569 0.979
1 1.068 0.889–1.284 0.481 0.963 0.777–1.193 0.729 1.111 0.881–1.401 0.375
2 1.225 0.948–1.582 0.120 1.162 0.857–1.577 0.333 1.227 0.897–1.676 0.200
Low vs. high zinc 0 1.327 0.891–1.977 0.163 1.281 0.806–2.037 0.294 1.323 0.793–2.206 0.284
1 1.101 0.892–1.359 0.369 1.179 0.922–1.509 0.189 0.993 0.759–1.299 0.958
2 0.914 0.680–1.228 0.549 1.085 0.760–1.550 0.652 0.745 0.516–1.076 0.117
β-carotene 0 1.547 1.014–2.360 0.043 1.536 0.938–2.516 0.088 1.124 0.652–1.938 0.675
1 1.312 1.051–1.638 0.016 1.260 0.971–1.635 0.083 1.103 0.831–1.464 0.496
2 1.113 0.817–1.516 0.498 1.033 0.709–1.505 0.867 1.083 0.740–1.586 0.681
Lutein vs. β-carotene 0 0.632 0.362–1.103 0.106 0.632 0.329–1.213 0.168 0.862 0.420–1.768 0.685
1 0.738 0.549–0.991 0.044 0.802 0.568–1.132 0.209 0.867 0.594–1.264 0.457
2 0.862 0.561–1.324 0.497 1.017 0.610–1.693 0.950 0.872 0.511–1.489 0.615
ARMS2 Risk Alleles
Lutein and zeaxanthin 0 1.152 0.883–1.504 0.297 0.978 0.709–1.348 0.890 1.141 0.822–1.583 0.431
1 1.021 0.854–1.220 0.822 1.043 0.848–1.284 0.689 0.963 0.771–1.203 0.739
2 0.904 0.652–1.254 0.546 1.114 0.765–1.621 0.574 0.813 0.537–1.229 0.326
Omega-3 fatty acids 0 1.085 0.830–1.417 0.552 1.060 0.768–1.462 0.725 1.032 0.743–1.434 0.851
1 1.113 0.931–1.330 0.241 1.001 0.813–1.233 0.991 1.165 0.932–1.456 0.180
2 1.141 0.823–1.582 0.428 0.946 0.650–1.377 0.772 1.314 0.870–1.986 0.194
Low vs. high zinc 0 1.217 0.891–1.662 0.218 1.109 0.764–1.611 0.586 1.248 0.843–1.847 0.269
1 1.054 0.860–1.292 0.613 1.202 0.946–1.529 0.133 0.877 0.677–1.136 0.320
2 0.913 0.630–1.323 0.630 1.303 0.843–2.015 0.234 0.616 0.382–0.994 0.047
β-carotene 0 1.046 0.752–1.456 0.789 0.901 0.607–1.339 0.607 1.185 0.783–1.792 0.422
1 1.306 1.055–1.616 0.014 1.263 0.979–1.628 0.073 1.089 0.833–1.425 0.532
2 1.629 1.104–2.404 0.014 1.769 1.114–2.807 0.016 1.002 0.612–1.640 0.994
Lutein vs. β-carotene 0 0.992 0.638–1.543 0.971 0.914 0.536–1.558 0.74 0.987 0.572–1.704 0.962
1 0.737 0.552–0.983 0.038 0.833 0.595–1.166 0.287 0.845 0.586–1.219 0.368
2 0.547 0.328–0.913 0.021 0.760 0.424–1.361 0.356 0.724 0.375–1.399 0.337