Table 1 Characteristics of the study population comparison group without retinal vein occlusion (RVO; n = 413710) and retinal vein occlusion group (n = 6826).

From: Health care claims for primary open-angle glaucoma and retinal vein occlusion from an 11-year nationwide dataset

 

Comparison Group No. (%)

RVO Group No. (%)

P Value

Primary open-angle glaucoma

  

<0.001

No event

412806 (99.78)

6763 (99.08)

 

Event

904 (0.22)

63 (0.92)

 

Age (≥65 yrs)

91292 (22.07)

2729 (39.98)

<0.001

Sex (Male)

197714 (47.79)

3397 (49.77)

0.001

Hypertension

  

<0.001

No

319675 (77.27)

4105 (60.14)

 

Yes

94035 (22.73)

2721 (39.86)

 

Diabetes mellitus

  

<0.001

No

382188 (92.38)

5462 (80.02)

 

Yes

31522 (7.62)

1364 (19.98)

 

Dyslipidemia

  

<0.001

No

336251 (81.28)

5671 (83.08)

 

Yes

77459 (18.72)

1155 (16.92)

 

Household income relative to the median (0–50%)

169459 (40.96)

2578 (37.77)

<0.001

Residential area (Rural)

223658 (54.06)

3725 (54.57)

0.402

  1. RVO = retinal vein occlusion.