Table 1 Baseline characteristics for the 9116 patients and 12,414 eyes.

From: Associations with baseline visual acuity in 12,414 eyes starting treatment for neovascular AMD

People

Characteristic

Value

Sex n (%)

Female

5711 (62.6%)

 

Male

3405 (37.4%)

Ethnicity n (%)

White/British/Irish

6682 (73.3%)

 

Asian/Indian/Pakistani/Mixed

59 (0.6%)

 

African or Afro-Caribbean

0 (0%)

 

Not recorded or unknown

2375 (26.1%)

Living status n (%)

Independent living

8578 (94.1%)

 

Assisted living

524 (5.75%)

 

Not recorded or unknown

14 (0.15%)

IMD n (%)

Decile 1 (most deprived)

1178 (12.9%)

 

Decile 2

721 (7.9%)

 

Decile 3

697 (7.6%)

 

Decile 4

803 (8.8%)

 

Decile 5

815 (8.9%)

 

Decile 6

889 (9.8%)

 

Decile 7

1011 (11.1%)

 

Decile 8

937 (10.3%)

 

Decile 9

888 (9.7%)

 

Decile 10 (least deprived)

1152 (12.6%)

 

Not available or unknown

25 (0.3%)

Median distance in miles to nearest treatment centre (IQR)

 

4.52 (2.68, 8.36)

 

Not recorded or unknown

32 (0.4%)

Eyes

  

Median age at baseline-years (IQR)

 

81.4 (75.3, 86.40)

Treated eye status n (%)

First treated eye

9182 (74.0%)

 

Second treated eye

3232 (26.0%)

Any ocular co-morbidity present at baseline n (%)

 

3385 (27.3%)

Any systemic co-morbidity present at baseline n (%)

 

5734 (46.2%)