Risk Factors for Age-Related Maculopathy

Table 19

Studies investigating the relationship between cataract surgery 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
Salisbury Eye Evaluation Project + Proyecto VER + Baltimore Eye Survey (Pooled data) [277]	2520 + 4774 + 4396	Previous cataract surgery	Late ARM	1.7	1.1–2.6
Andhra Pradesh Eye Study [41]	3723	Previous cataract surgery	Early and late ARM	3.79	2.1–6.78
Prospective Studies
Beaver Dam Eye Study [278]	3684	Previous cataract surgery	Late ARM	2.80	1.03–7.63
Beaver Dam Eye Study [278]	2764	Previous cataract surgery	Early ARM	1.36	0.82–2.23
			Late ARM	3.81	1.89–7.69
Blue Mountains Eye Study + Beaver Dam Eye Study (Pooled data) [279]	3684 + 2335	Previous cataract surgery	Late ARM	5.7	2.4–13.6
Blue Mountains Eye Study [280]	1952	Previous cataract surgery	Late ARM	3.3	1.1–9.9