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

Table 4

Effect of age on MPOD.

	All groups, young	All groups, old
Presupplementation MPOD	0.440 ± 0.192	0.501 ± 0.142	0.18
Change MPOD	0.0617 ± 0.0479	0.0489 ± 0.0454	0.31
% change MPOD	18.0 ± 16.9	11.1 ± 11.4	0.075
Rate MPOD (mAU/wk)	2.46 ± 2.11	1.79 ± 1.79	0.20
	Group 1, young	Group 1, old	p
Presupplementation MPOD	0.510 ± 0.154	0.488 ± 0.110	0.70
Change MPOD	0.0669 ± 0.0509	0.0723 ± 0.0447	0.79
% change MPOD	16.0 ± 15.2	16.4 ± 10.7	0.94
Rate MPOD (mAU/wk)	2.53 ± 2.44	2.56 ± 1.68	0.97
	Group 2, young	Group 2, old
Presupplementation MPOD	0.466 ± 0.215	0.488 ± 0.169	0.78
Change MPOD	0.0491 ± 0.0454	0.0296 ± 0.0398	0.28
% change MPOD	13.6 ± 12.5	7.0 ± 11.2	0.20
Rate MPOD (mAU/wk)	2.09 ± 2.03	1.30 ± 1.58	0.31