Risk Factors for Age-Related Maculopathy

Table 13

Studies investigating the relationship between zinc 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
Beaver Dam Eye Study [234]	1968	Dietary intake	Early ARM	0.6	0.4–1.0
Beaver Dam Eye Study [234, 237]	1709	Dietary intake	Early ARM	0.7	0.5–1.0
			Late ARM	1.1	0.3–4.1
Blue Mountains Eye Study [233]	2900	Dietary intake	Early ARM	0.8	0.5–1.3
			Late ARM	1.0	0.4–2.8
Blue Mountains Eye Study [226, 233]	1989	Dietary intake	Early ARM	1.3	0.7–2.7
Rotterdam Study [235]	4170	Dietary intake	Early and late ARM	0.91	0.83–0.98