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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study

From: Changes of macular pigment optical density in elderly eyes: a longitudinal analysis from the MARS study

Number of study participants

237

Age at MARS II (years)

 

 Mean

70.5

 Standard deviation

4.8

Number of study eyes

380 (100 %)

Number of eyes from females

244 (64.2 %)

Eyes with

 

 Early AMD

150 (39.5 %)

 No AMD

230 (60.5 %)

MPOD distribution

 

 Ring-like

87 (22.9 %)

 Intermediate

69 (18.2 %)

 Monotonically decreasing

224 (58.9 %)

Follow-up time (years)

 

 Median

3.96

 Interquartile range

0.12

 Minimum

2.94

 Maximum

5.26

  1. MPOD macular pigment optical density