Table 2 of Kong, Mol Vis 2013; 19:1859-1865.

Table 2. General information of the relatives accepted glaucoma screening in both groups

Variable Control group Case group P value
Number 526 531
Age of relatives, mean(s.d.), range
Total relatives 55.28(16.06), 6–85 54.94(16.29), 5–88 0.995
Parents 70.89(8.89), 51–85 70.37(11.34), 44–88 0.816
Siblings 59.53(9.89), 27–84 59.87(9.76), 13–88 0.693
Offspring 37.68(12.18), 6–66 36.90(11.82), 5–61 0.565
Gender, n(%)
Male 229(43.54) 265(49.91) 0.536
Relationship to probands, n(%)
Parents 103(19.58) 94(17.70) 0.431
Siblings 267(50.76) 280(52.73) 0.578
Offspring 156(29.66) 157(29.57) 0.955
Status of disease, n(%)
Normal 515(97.91) 447(84.18) 0.028
Glaucoma suspect 3(0.57) 17(3.20) 0.000
Glaucoma 8(1.52) 67(12.62) 0.000

The numbers of the relatives accepted screening were 526 in control group and 531 in case group. The age, gender, and relationship to the probands were comparable. While the percentage of glaucoma and glaucoma suspect were much higher in case group than in control group (12.62% versus 1.52%, 3.20% versus 0.57% respectively).

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