Risk Factors for Age-Related Maculopathy

Table 10

Studies investigating the relationship between vitamin E and risk for ARM.

Study	No. of cases	Measure of risk factor	Type of ARM	Odds ratio or relative risk	95% confidence interval
Cross-Sectional Studies
Pathologies Oculaires Liees A L’Age [29, 236]	2157	Lipid-standardized plasma level	Late ARM	0.18	0.05–0.07
Prospective Studies
Beaver Dam Eye Study [237]	1968	Dietary intake		0.7	0.5–1.1
				1.5	0.5–4.6
Beaver Dam Eye Study [237]	1709	Dietary intake in the past	Large drusen	0.4	0.2–0.9
		Dietary intake at baseline	Large drusen	0.8	0.4–1.7
Rotterdam Study [235]	4170	Dietary intake	Early and late ARM	0.92 (Hazard Ratio)	0.84–1.0