Molecular Vision: Xin, Mol Vis 2013; 19:526-535. Table 4

Table 4. Summary of the studies for the TNF-α level in the aqueous humor between glaucoma patients and the control subjects

Authors	Year	Country	Type ^a	TNF-α level (pg/ ml)						TNF-α positive samples (P/N) ^c
				Case ^b			Control ^b			TNF-α positive samples (P/N) ^c
				n	m	SD	n	m	sd	Case	Control
Takai	2012	Japan	POAG	19	1.6	1.2	21	1.5	0.7
Takai	2012	Japan	EXG	20	2.3	1.7	21	1.5	0.7
Balaiya	2011	USA	POAG	32	2.72	1.5	32	1.59	0.46
Sawada	2010	Japan	POAG	4	14.1	12.8	4	17.9	13
Sawada	2010	Japan	NTG	3	23.9	9.6	4	17.9	13
Sawada	2010	Japan	EXG	8	12.8	13	4	17.9	13
Chua	2012	China	POAG							24/2	16/7
Takai	2012	Japan	POAG							19/1	21/0
Takai	2012	Japan	EXG							20/3	21/0
Sawada	2010	Japan	POAG							4/25	4/75
Sawada	2010	Japan	NTG							3/25	4/75
Sawada	2010	Japan	EXG							8/19	4/75

This table summarized the published studies investigating the TNF-α level in the aqueous humor between glaucoma patients and the control subjects. In some studies, the TNF-α level were shown as the mean ± SD, while in some other studies the TNF-α levels were shown as the percentage of the TNF-α positive samples. ^a POAG, primary open angle glaucoma; NTG, normal-tension glaucoma; EXG, exfoliative glaucoma; ^b n, m, SD, represented number of samples, mean, and stand deviation of glaucoma patients and control subjects, respectively; ^c P and N represented the numbers of positive samples and the numbers of negative samples, respectively.