Table 2 Age, smoking status and hypertension in subjects with age-related maculopathy (ARM) compared with controls
Risk factorEarly ARM vscontrolsLate ARM vscontrols
Age (years)
    <6011
    60–643.7 (1.00 to 13.51)2.8 (0.45 to 17.80)
    65–695.3 (1.44 to 19.33)9.7 (1.94 to 48.89)
    70–745.7 (1.68 to 19.19)7.3 (1.52 to 34.84)
    ⩾7525.1 (3.70 to 170.49)114.5 (15.07 to 869.73)
p Value for trend0.001<0.001
Smoking (pack-years)
    011
    0–251.2 (0.40 to 3.55)5.2 (1.39 to 19.36)
    ⩾250.9 (0.35 to 2.30)5.4 (1.61 to 17.90)
p Value for trend0.8560.007
Hypertension
    Absent11
    Present1.1 (0.51 to 2.48)1.1 (0.41 to 3.18)
p Value0.7830.788
  • Values are OR (95% CI) adjusted for age, smoking, hypertension, facial wrinkling, facial hyperpigmentation and skin of upper inner arm (L*, a* or b*).