Table 4: Correlations between the lactate/pyruvate ratio and patient characteristics with multivariate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals.

Variable Correlation Coefficient Multivariate Analysis
R P Value OR (95% CI) P Value
Age (years) 0.099 0.3532 0.995 (-0.26 – 0.22) 0.9613
Hypertension -0.192 0.7704 0.427 (-2.57 – 0.68) 0.2790
Diabetes -0.03 0.5408 0.597 (-2.46 – 1.22) 0.5512
Hyperlipidemia -0.013 0.5204 0.814 (-3.86 – 3.06) 0.8977
Cerebrovascular disease 0.150 0.2831 2.465 (-2.02 – 3.51) 0.4885
Alcohol -0.291 0.8711 0.558 (-2.88 – 1.47) 0.5669
Smoking -0.062 0.5928 0.743 (-2.84 – 1.97) 0.7905
LogMAR visual acuity 0.087 0.3705 0.741 (-2.59 – 1.75) 0.7662
AMD type (tAMD=0/PCV=1) 0.328 0.0995 2.320 (-0.86 – 2.36) 0.2794

R = Two-tailed Pearson’s correlation coefficients were calculated to assess associations between the Lactate/Pyruvate ratio and patient characteristics (N=17). OR = odds ratio. CI = confidence interval.