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Freeman, Cataract Surgery and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Table 2. Characteristics of those people who had cataract surgery in at least one eye
compared to those who did not have any cataract surgery.
Characteristics
SEE
Cataract
Surgery
n=471
SEE
No
Cataract
Surgery
n=2037
PVER
Cataract
Surgery
n=390
PVER
No
Cataract
Surgery
n=4362
BES
Cataract
Surgery
n=138
BES
No
Cataract
Surgery
n=4256
Age Category,%
40-49 years
50-59 years
60-64 years
65-69 years
70-79 years
>=80 years
NA
NA
NA
15
59
26
NA
NA
NA
35
54
11*
4
8
7
13
41
27
36
30
11
9
11
2*
4
7
11
19
45
14
25
27
15
14
15
3*
Sex, %
male
female
36
64
57
43
37
63
39
61
39
61
40
60
Race, %
white
black
85
15
71
29
NA
NA
NA
NA
76
24
57
43
Education, %
<12 years
48
52
83
64
76
69
Smoking, %
Never
Past
Current
35
50
15
40
45
15
54
36
10
52
27
21
46
28
26
34
26
40
*p<0.05 Chi Square test
