Table 2 Risk Factors for neovascular Age-related macular degeneration.

From: Systemic, Ocular and Genetic Risk Factors for Age-related Macular Degeneration and Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy in Singaporeans

 

Neovascular AMD (n = 456) vs Controls (n = 1,824)

Typical AMD (n = 215) vs Controls (n = 1,824)

PCV (n = 241) vs Controls (n = 1,824)

Age and gender adjusted OR (95% CI)

p

Multiple Adjusted # OR (95% CI)

p

Age and gender adjusted OR (95%)

p

Multiple Adjusted* OR (95%)

p

Age and gender adjusted OR (95%)

p

Multiple Adjusted # OR (95%)

p

Age, years

1.07 (1.06, 1.08)

<0.001

1.07 (1.05, 1.10)

<0.001

1.09 (1.07, 1.11)

<0.001

1.10 (1.06, 1.13)

<0.001

1.06 (1.04, 1.07)

<0.001

1.05 (1.02, 1.08)

0.001

Gender, female

0.87 (0.70, 1.08)

0.199

0.55 (0.34, 0.86)

0.010

0.76 (0.56, 1.03)

0.079

0.48 (0.28, 0.83)

0.009

0.92 (0.69, 1.22)

0.552

0.56 (0.30, 1.03)

0.064

Race

 Chinese

Reference

—

—

—

Reference

 

—

—

Reference

 

—

—

 Malay

1.02 (0.62, 1.66)

0.944

—

—

1.03 (0.53, 1.99)

0.940

—

—

0.94 (0.49, 1.80)

0.853

—

—

 Indian

1.33 (0.61, 2.89)

0.477

—

—

1.30 (0.44, 3.87)

0.3.6

—

—

1.32 (0.50, 3.48)

0.579

—

—

Body Mass Index (BMI)

1.06 (1.02, 1.09)

<0.001

1.08 (1.03, 1.13)

0.002

1.06 (1.02, 1.11)

0.004

1.09 (1.02, 1.16)

0.014

1.05 (1.01, 1.09)

0.013

1.07 (1.01, 1.14)

0.027

Hypertension

0.72 (0.57, 0.93)

0.011

0.73 (0.49, 1.10)

0.131

0.71 (0.50, 1.01)

0.054

0.49 (0.28, 0.84)

0.010

0.73 (0.53, 1.00)

0.047

0.91 (0.54, 1.53)

0.728

Creatinine

1.00 (0.99, 1.00)

0.203

1.00 (0.99, 1.00)

0.235

1.00 (1.00, 1.00)

0.686

—

—

1.00 (0.99, 1.00)

0.118

0.99 (0.99, 1.00)

0.200

Smoking status

 Nonsmoker

Reference

 

Reference

 

Reference

 

—

—

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Current smoker

1.51 (1.08, 2.11)

0.015

1.37 (0.83, 2.28)

0.222

1.25 (0.78, 2.01)

0.349

  

1.77 (1.17, 2.70)

0.007

1.33 (0.69, 2.55)

0.392

 Past smoker

1.35 (0.99, 1.83)

0.056

1.28 (0.82, 2.00)

0.274

1.14 (0.75, 1.73)

0.544

—

—

1.53 (1.03, 2.28)

0.036

1.47 (0.84, 2.56)

0.180

Current and past smoker

 No

Reference

 

Reference

 

Reference

 

—

—

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Yes

1.35 (0.99, 1.83)

0.058

1.24 (0.77, 2.00)

0.366

1.19 (0.77, 1.86)

0.435

  

1.50 (1.02, 2.21)

0.038

1.15 (0.62, 2.10)

0.662

Cardiovascular disease

1.06 (0.75, 1.49)

0.734

—

—

1.08 (0.69, 1.70)

0.732

—

—

1.00 (0.64, 1.57)

0.997

—

—

Stroke

1.13 (0.66, 1.93)

0.665

—

—

0.85 (0.39, 1.86)

0.692

—

—

1.38 (0.72, 2.66)

0.331

—

—

 Diabetes

0.87 (0.69, 1.09)

0.216

1.17 (0.76, 1.82)

0.476

0.94 (0.69, 1.27)

0.680

—

—

0.81 (0.61, 1.08)

0.156

1.20 (0.67, 2.13)

0.542

 Glucose

0.99 (0.92, 1.06)

0.765

—

—

1.03 (0.94, 1.12)

0.536

—

—

0.96 (0.86, 1.06)

0.397

—

—

 HbA1c

0.92 (0.80, 1.05)

0.203

0.86 (0.66, 1.13)

0.277

0.97 (0.81, 1.16)

0.734

—

—

0.87 (0.73, 1.05)

0.154

0.71 (0.47, 1.07)

0.102

Total Cholesterol

0.87 (0.78, 0.97)

0.012

0.87 (0.73, 1.03)

0.108

0.89 (0.76, 1.03)

0.126

0.88 (0.68, 1.13)

0.322

0.85 (0.73, 0.98)

0.026

0.85 (0.68, 1.05)

0.137

LDL-cholesterol

0.99 (0.83, 1.16)

0.874

—

—

1.08 (0.86, 1.35)

0.513

—

—

0.92 (0.74, 1.15)

0.461

—

—

HDL-cholesterol

1.95 (1.36, 2.77)

<0.001

2.51 (1.63, 3.86)

<0.001

2.30 (1.44, 3.69)

0.001

3.36 (1.91, 5.91)

<0.001

1.59 (0.98, 2.57)

0.062

1.84 (1.02, 3.35)

0.045

Axial Length

0.84 (0.77, 0.92)

<0.001

0.84 (0.74, 0.97)

0.015

0.88 (0.80, 0.98)

0.018

0.84 (0.70, 1.01)

0.064

0.78 (0.69, 0.89)

<0.001

0.83 (0.71, 0.99)

0.034

Pseudophakia

1.43 (1.09, 1.87)

0.010

1.69 (1.13, 2.55)

0.011

1.56 (1.09, 2.21)

0.014

2.20 (1.28, 3.80)

0.005

1.30 (0.91, 1.84)

0.151

1.53 (0.89, 2.63)

0.128

  1. *Adjusted for age, gender, BMI, hypertension, total cholesterol, HDL, axial length and cataract surgery.
  2. #Adjusted for age, gender, BMI, hypertension, creatinine, smoking status, diabetes, HbA1c, total cholesterol, HDL, axial length and cataract surgery.
  3. Lipoprotein- cholesterol; HDL-cholesterol High density Lipoprotein cholesterol; OR SD standard deviation; BMI body mass index; LDL-cholesterol Low density; OR Odds Ratio; CI Confidence intervals.