Research Article

Efficacy of Diacetate Esters of Macular Carotenoids: Effect of Supplementation on Macular Pigment

Table 1

Subject demographics.

GroupNumber of subjectsNumber in age groupsMale/femaleAverage age ± SD in age groupsSupplement
18–30>50All18–30>50

12412129/1542.9 ± 22.122.0 ± 3.063.8 ± 8.1Micro Mic (L : MZ : Z : = 10 : 10 : 2)
224121213/1140.5 ± 18.922.9 ± 2.858.0 ± 8.3Lutein (∼5% Z)