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TABLE 5

FROM:

Effects of cataract type and location on visual function: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

B E Chua, P Mitchell and R G Cumming

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Table 5. Multiple regression parameter estimates and standard error of means (SEM) in log(contrast sensitivity) units showing the effect of cataract type and severity on contrast sensitivity in participants aged greater than or equal to60 years

  Contrast sensitivity a
  3 cycles/degree 6 cycles/degree 12 cycles/degree 18 cycles/degree
  Parameter estimate SEM Parameter estimate SEM Parameter estimate SEM Parameter estimate SEM
Intercept1.33* 0.0951.80* 0.111.52* 0.141.20* 0.14
Sex0.049* 0.0140.061* 0.0170.068* 0.0210.076* 0.020
Age-0.0056* 0.0012-0.012* 0.0014-0.015* 0.0017-0.016* 0.0017
Presenting VA0.0079* 0.000700.011* 0.000840.012* 0.0010.012* 0.001
Early nuclear-0.0220.017-0.00280.020-0.056* 0.024-0.0300.024
Late nuclear-0.0280.020-0.071* 0.024-0.089* 0.039-0.090* 0.29
Early PSC-0.0120.032-0.13* 0.038-0.18* 0.047-0.18* 0.047
Late PSC-0.35* 0.075-0.24* 0.089-0.29* 0.11-0.200.11
Early cortical0.00700.020-0.069* 0.023-0.11* 0.029-0.12* 0.028
Late cortical-0.073* 0.029-0.11* 0.035-0.097* 0.042-0.12* 0.042

a Results in log (contrast sensitivity) units.

*  P<0.05.

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