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Table 1 Main results of the Italian-American clinical trial of nutritional supplements and age-related cataract, Parma, 1996-2008

From: A post-trial survey to assess the impact of dissemination of results and unmasking on participants in a 13-year randomised controlled trial on age-related cataract

 

RESULTS PROVIDED TO PARTICIPANTS

FREQUENCY OF EVENTS

PUBLISHED RESULTS[2]

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN TREATMENT AND CATARACT EVENT

L ENS EVENT

Treatment in 510 participants

Placebo in 510 participants

  
 

N.

N.

Hazard Ratio*

95% Confidence Interval

Cortical

96

118

0.78

0.60 - 1.02

Nuclear

84

118

0.66

0.50 - 0.88

PSC**

74

37

2.00

1.35 - 2.98

Cataract surgery

88

90

0.95

0.71 - 1.28

Any lens event***

227

255

0.82

0.68 - 0.98

  1. * Adjusted for age and type of opacity
  2. ** Posterior Sub-Capsular
  3. *** Participants could have more than one event
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