Table 4

Pearson's correlation coefficients between individual DLTV items and individual measures of vision in the better and worse eye

	Distance visual acuity	Near visual acuity	Reading index	Reading speed	Contrast sensitivity
Read correspondence	0.70 (0.22)	0.58 (0.43)	0.77 (0.46)	0.69 (0.46)	0.61 (0.43)
Read newspaper print	0.69 (0.25)	0.51 (0.39)	0.76 (0.44)	0.67 (0.43)	0.56 (0.36)
Sign documents	0.67 (0.23)	0.58 (0.41)	0.76 (0.42)	0.69 (0.45)	0.61 (0.44)
Detect facial features across a room	0.61 (0.24)	0.50 (0.35)	0.66 (0.37)	0.57 (0.36)	0.57 (0.37)
Distinguish cash	0.60 (0.10)	0.52 (0.34)	0.65 (0.36)	0.58 (0.36)	0.55 (0.41)
Read newspaper headlines	0.64 (0.23)	0.60 (0.40)	0.64 (0.35)	0.59 (0.38)	0.56 (0.41)
Read street signs	0.62 (0.08)	0.49 (0.28)	0.61 (0.28)	0.55 (0.27)	0.49 (0.29)
Detect facial features across a road	0.57 (0.29)	0.47 (0.38)	0.58 (0.36)	0.53 (0.34)	0.55 (0.41)
Detect facial features at arm's length	0.56 (0.08)	0.47 (0.28)	0.59 (0.32)	0.56 (0.31)	0.51 (0.25)
Detect seasonal changes	0.53 (0.10)	0.49 (0.10)	0.50 (0.28)	0.44 (0.27)	0.46 (0.32)
Use kitchen utensils	0.57 (0.12)	0.52 (0.37)	0.62 (0.35)	0.56 (0.36)	0.58 (0.41)
Watch television	0.54 (0.17)	0.55 (0.35)	0.56 (0.24)	0.55 (0.32)	0.55 (0.35)
Pour a drink	0.48 (0.11)	0.50 (0.40)	0.51 (0.31)	0.47 (0.37)	0.52 (0.47)
Confidence to walk around in a strange area	0.56 (0.23)	0.46 (0.38)	0.53 (0.35)	0.47 (0.31)	0.55 (0.47)
Ability to appreciate scenery	0.53 (0.04)	0.42 (0.18)	0.40 (0.23)	0.37 (0.21)	0.30 (0.20)
Confidence to walk around in own area	0.54 (0.19)	0.51 (0.30)	0.48 (0.25)	0.42 (0.24)	0.45 (0.35)
Cut finger nails	0.50 (0.14)	0.52 (0.45)	0.58 (0.39)	0.57 (0.45)	0.46 (0.39)