Research Article
The Prevalence of Undiagnosed Age-Related Sight-Threatening Diseases in Self-Proclaimed Healthy Individuals
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the study cohort.
| | Characteristics, n = 102 |
| | Age (years), range (median) | 57–85 (69.50) | | Age (years in range), n (%) | | <65 | 17 (17) | | 65–74 | 64 (63) | | 75–84 | 20 (19) | | ≥85 | 1 (1) |
| | Male sex, n (%) | 47 (46) |
| | Education, n (%) | | High school | 12 (12) | | ≤3 years of higher education | 66 (65) | | >3 years of higher education | 24 (23) |
| | Smoking status, n (%), pack years, range (median) | | Current smoker | 3 (3)–4.4–50.0 (28.0) | | Former smoker | 47 (46)–0.1–39.0 (8.5) | | Never smoked | 52 (51) |
| | Diabetes, n (%) | 8 (8) | | Arterial hypertension, n (%) | 39 (38) | | Neurological disorder, n (%) | 16 (16) | | Autoimmune disorder, n (%) | 14 (14) | | Family history of glaucoma, n (%) | 17 (17) | | Family history of AMD, n (%) | 6 (6) | | Intake of vitamin preparations for the prevention of AMD, n (%) | 3 (3) | | Pseudophakia/aphakia in at least one eye, n (%) | 9 (9) |
| | Correcting spectacles, n (%) | | Distant sight | 67 (66) | | Reading | 90 (88) |
| | Time since last eye doctor visit, n (%) | | <1 year | 34 (33) | | 1–4 years | 48 (47) | | >4 years | 13 (13) | | Never | 7 (7) |
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AMD = age-related macular degeneration.
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