Risk Factors for Age-Related Maculopathy

Table 11

Studies investigating the relationship between vitamin A 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
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I [54]	3082	Dietary intake	Early and late ARM	0.74	0.50–1.10
Pathologies Oculaires Liees a L’Age [29, 236]	2157	Plasma Level	Late ARM	0.6	0.17–2.12
Prospective Studies
Blue Mountains Eye Study [233]	2900	Dietary intake	Early ARM	1.2	0.7–2.0
			Late ARM	1.2	0.5–3.3
Blue Mountains Eye Study [226, 233]	1989	Dietary intake	Early ARM	0.9	0.6–1.6