Relation of best corrected visual acuity to 5 year mortality in the Melbourne Visual Impairment Project
| Visual acuity level | Number (%) who died | OR (95%CL) |
| ⩾6/6 | 107 (4.5%) | Reference |
| <6/6 to ⩾6/9 | 99 (12.3%) | 1.55 (1.09, 2.20) |
| <6/9 to ⩾6/12 | 7 (30.4%) | 1.70 (0.53, 5.48) |
| <6/12 to ⩾6/18 | 10 (50.0%) | 5.48 (1.78, 16.9) |
| <6/18 to ⩾6/60 | 4 (28.6%) | 1.92 (0.49, 7.50) |
| <6/60 | 2 (22.2%) | 1.41 (0.13, 15.34) |
↵Adjusted for age, sex, country of birth, smoking, hypertension, arthritis.