VMS journal group Usual care Control group All Subjects (N=157)  
Continuous variables mean (range) SD mean (range) SD mean (range) SD P-value
Age (years) 74.0 (53,96) 8.9 76.8 (49,93) 8.7 75.5 (49,96) 8.9 0.049*
VA better eye (logMAR) 0.15 (-0.1,0.56) 0.12 0.21 (-0.05,1.1) 0.21 0.18 (-0.1,1.1) 0.18 0.04*
VA worse eye (logMAR) 0.32 (0.0,1.6) 0.30 0.45 (0.0,~1.6) 0.38 0.39 (0.0, ~1.6) 0.35 0.03*
Perceived Stress @ 6mos. 3.37 (0,10) 2.54 3.46 (0,14) 3.04 3.42 (0,14) 2.81 0.85
Perceived Stress @ 12mos. 2.77 (0,13) 2.59 3.12 (0,12) 2.95 2.95 (0,13) 2.78 0.48
Dichotomous variables Number (%) Number (%) Number (%) χ2; P-value
Female Gender 48 (65.8%) 44 (52.4%) 92 (58.6%) 2.9 0.09
AMD type    
previous NV AMD one eye 9 (12.3%) 11 (13.1%) 20 (12.7%)    
intermediate AMD one eye 21 (28.8%) 24 (28.6%) 45 (28.7%)    
intermediate AMD both eyes 43 (58.9%) 49 (58.3%) 92 (58.6%)    
*Statistically significant (p<0.05)
Table 1: Characteristics of each randomized group and the total study population.