Research Article
The Prevalence of Age-Related Eye Diseases and Cataract Surgery among Older Adults in the City of Lodz, Poland
Table 2
The prevalence of age-related eye diseases in the study population.
| | | 35–59 years | ≥60 years | Men | Women | All | | (%; 95% CI) | (%; 95% CI) | (%; 95% CI) | (%; 95% CI) | (%; 95% CI) |
| | Cataract | 14 (2.69%; 1.30–4.08) | 120 (20.44%; 17.18–23.71) | 53 (9.25%; 8.51–14.29) | 81 (12.62%; 10.05–15.19) | 134 (12.10%; 10.18–14.03) | | Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) | 5 (0.96%; 0.12–1.80) | 43 (7.32%; 5.22–9.43) | 20 (4.30%; 2.46–6.15) | 28 (4.36%; 2.78–5.94) | 48 (4.33%; 3.14–5.54) | | Early AMD | 4 (0.77%; 0.02–1.52) | 32 (5.45%; 3.61–7.29) | 14 (3.01%; 1.46–4.56) | 22 (3.47%; 2.02–4.83) | 36 (3.25%; 2.21–4.30) | | Late AMD | 1 (0.19%; 0.00–0.57) | 11 (1.87%; 0.78–2.97) | 5 (1.07%; 0.14–2.01) | 7 (1.09%; 0.29–1.89) | 12 (1.08%; 0.47–1.69) | | Glaucoma | 17 (3.27%; 1.74–4.80) | 44 (7.50%; 5.37–9.63) | 21 (4.52%; 2.63–6.40) | 40 (6.23%; 4.36–8.10) | 61 (5.51%; 4.17–6.85) | | Ocular hypertension | 11 (2.11%; 0.88–3.35) | 18 (3.07%; 1.67–4.46) | 10 (2.15%; 0.83–3.47) | 19 (2.96%; 1.65–4.27) | 29 (2.62%; 1.68–3.56) | | Diabetic retinopathy | 3 (0.58%; 0.00–1.23) | 16 (2.73%; 1.41–4.04) | 10 (2.15%; 0.83–3.47) | 9 (1.40%; 0.49–2.31) | 19 (1.72%; 0.95–2.48) | | Degenerative myopia | 1 (0.19%; 0.00–0.57) | 4 (0.68%; 0.02–1.35) | 2 (0.43%; 0.00–1.02) | 3 (0.47%; 0.00–0.99) | 5 (0.45%; 0.06–0.85) |
| | All | 520 (100%) | 587 (100%) | 465 (100%) | 642 (100%) | 1107 (100%) |
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