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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 18.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Ophthalmol. 2016 Sep 1;134(9):1041–1047. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2016.2383

Table 2.

Percentage of Participants Developing Late AMD in 5 Years With Both Eyes Free of Late AMD at Baseline

No. (%)/Total No. of Participants

Scare ARED5a AREDS2 P Value

AREDS detailed severity scale score for ail eyes (n = 4302 and 5440 in AREDS and AREDS2, respectively)

Total 285/4302 (6.6) 1232/5440 (22.6) NA

1, 2, or 3 13/2630 (0.5) 5/206 (2.4) <.001

4 25/506 (4.9) 21/323 (6.5) .34

5 15/268 (5.6) 47/591 (8.0) .22

6 50/364 (13.7) 174/1354 (12.8) .66

7 97/349 (27.8) 563/2145 (26.2) .54

8 63/141 (44.7) 257/554 (46.4) .72

9 (Noncentral GA) 22/44 (50.0) 134/219 (61.2) .17

AREDS simple scale score for all participants (n = 3211 and 2719 in AREDS and AREDS2, respectively)

Total 316/3211 (9.8) 910/2719(33.5) NA

0 6/1466 (0.4) 0/9 (0) .85

1 20/635 (3.1) 5/53 (9.4) .02

2 55/465 (11.8) 68/532 (12,8) .65

3 85/328 (25.9) 179/681 (26.3) .90

4 150/317 (47.3) 658/1444 (45.6) .57

Abbreviations: AMD, age-related macular degeneration; AREDS, Age-Related Eye Disease Study; GA, geographic atrophy; NA, not applicable.

a

Sample size of 4302 includes treated eyes only (excludes placebo).