The Prevalence of Age-Related Eye Diseases and Cataract Surgery among Older Adults in the City of Lodz, Poland
Table 3
Visual acuity distribution among subjects with age-related eye diseases.
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Number of subjects (%)
No impairment (%)
Visual impairment in at least one eye (%)
Visual impairment in both eyes (%)
Low vision (%)
Blindness (%)
Cataract
134 (100%)
122 (91.05%)
12 (8.95%)
3 (2.24%)
3 (2.24%)
0 (0.00%)
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
48 (100%)
34 (70.83%)
14 (29.17%)
5 (10.41%)
4 (8.33%)
1 (2.08%)
Glaucoma and ocular hypertension
90 (100%)
84 (93.33%)
6 (6.67%)
3 (3.33%)
2 (2.22%)
1 (1.11%)
Diabetic retinopathy
19 (100%)
14 (73.68%)
5 (26.32)
2 (10.53%)
2 (10.53%)
0 (0.00%)
Degenerative myopia
5 (100%)
3 (60.00%)
2 (40.00%)
2 (40%)
1 (20.00%)
1 (20.00%)
All
296 (100%)
257 (86.82)
39 (13.18)
15 (5.06%)
12 (4.05%)
3 (1.01%)
Visual impairment was defined as distance visual acuity <20/40 in either eye. Low vision was defined as best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) <20/40 but >20/200 in better-seeing eye and blindness was defined as BCVA ā¤20/200 in both eyes (United States criteria).
