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

Table 6

Gender effects on MPOD.

	Female	Male
Presupplementation MPOD	0.450 ± 0.154	0.528 ± 0.163	0.10
Change MPOD	0.0556 ± 0.0504	0.0538 ± 0.0440	0.90
% change MPOD	14.5 ± 14.5	12.0 ± 10.5	0.49
Rate MPOD (mAU/wk)	2.00 ± 2.19	2.26 ± 1.71	0.66