Table 1 of Tanaka, Mol Vis 2011; 17:2751-2758.

Table 1. Characteristics of study participants.


Parameters
Total AMD		   Case
Control
p-value nAMD PCV RAP
No. of subjects 685   253 381 51 277
Age (mean±SD) 72.0±8.8 0.146 73.7±7.5 69.9±9.1 80.1±6.8 72.9±8.7
Male/female 478/207 <0.0001* 188/65 271/110 19/32 111/166
Hypertension (%) 39.1 0.254 38.3 39.4 41.2 43.0
Diabetes mellitus (%) 10.7 <0.0001* 12.6 9.4 9.8 19.5
Smoking (%) 34.7 <0.0001* 34.8 37.3 15.7 17.7

Abbreviations: AMD represents age-related macular degeneration, nAMD represents neovascular age related macular degeneration, PCV represents polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy, RAP represents retinal angiomatous proliferation, N represents number, SD represents standard deviation. Information on hypertension, diabetes mellitus and smoking was obtained from the medical history of each patient. p-values reflect comparisons between case and control groups. p-values were calculated using Fisher's exact test. *p<0.05

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