Table 1 Characteristics of OAG and normal control.

From: Age- and sex-dependency of the association between systemic antioxidant potential and glaucomatous damage

 

All

Male

Female

control

OAG

P value

control

OAG

P value

control

OAG

P value

control vs OAG

control vs OAG

control vs OAG

better eye

worse eye

better eye

worse eye

better eye

worse eye

better eye

worse eye

better eye

worse eye

better eye

worse eye

Number of patients

66

240

240

−

−

24

106

106

−

−

42

134

134

−

−

NTG: POAG

−

168:72

−

−

−

−

70:36

−

−

−

−

98:36

−

−

−

Age (yrs)

58.9 ± 16.7

64.5 ± 11.7

−

0.06

−

58.2 ± 16.2

64.1 ± 12.0

−

0.14

−

59.3 ± 17.1

64.9 ± 11.6

−

0.19

−

VA (logMAR)

0.04 ± 0.2

−0.01 ± 0.2

0.08 ± 0.4

<0.01

0.14

−0.02 ± 0.1

−0.01 ± 0.2

0.1 ± 0.3

0.13

0.54

0.08 ± 0.2

−0.02 ± 0.2

0.1 ± 0.4

<0.01

0.02

AL (mm)

23.9 ± 1.3

24.4 ± 1.3

24.4 ± 1.3

<0.01

0.01

24.4 ± 1.3

24.7 ± 1.2

24.7 ± 1.2

0.36

0.3

23.7 ± 1.2

24.2 ± 1.3

24.2 ± 1.3

0.04

0.04

IOP (mmHg)

14.5 ± 2.8

13.8 ± 3.5

13.9 ± 4.4

0.06

0.02

14.3 ± 3.4

13.9 ± 3.8

14.4 ± 5.2

0.53

0.33

14.6 ± 2.4

13.7 ± 3.3

13.6 ± 3.6

0.04

0.04

MD (dB)

−

−9.2 ± 7.4

−15.8 ± 8.2

−

−

−

−9.3 ± 7.5

−17.0 ± 8.2

−

−

−

−9.2 ± 7.4

−14.8 ± 8.0

−

−

wrgc (x1000cells)

−

533.1 ± 258.1

372.1 ± 247.3

−

−

−

527.4 ± 269.4

340.9 ± 260.4

−

−

−

537.7 ± 249.7

386.8 ± 234.6

−

−

dROM (U.CARR)

350.5 ± 54.8

351.3 ± 62.1

−

0.89

−

324.4 ± 44.92

340.4 ± 62.4

−

0.29

−

365.4 ± 54.8

359.9 ± 60.7

−

0.46

−

BAP (mmol/L)

2103.7 ± 218.5

2041.0 ± 244.0

−

0.09

−

2197.4 ± 236.6

2020.3 ± 261.6

−

<0.01

−

2050.2 ± 190.2

2059.1 ± 229.2

−

0.74

−

BMI (kg/m2)

23.1 ± 3.3

23.0 ± 3.3

−

0.79

−

22.7 ± 2.4

23.8 ± 3.2

−

0.16

−

23.3 ± 3.8

22.3 ± 3.3

−

0.25

−

HL (%)

14 (21.2)

43 (18.1)

−

0.59*

−

4 (16.7)

18 (17.0)

−

1.00*

−

10 (23.8)

25 (18.9)

−

0.51*

−

Diabetes (%)

2 (3.0)

34 (14.3)

−

0.01*

−

1 (4.2)

22 (20.8)

−

0.07*

−

1 (2.4)

12 (9.1)

−

0.19*

−

Current smoker (%)

5 (7.6)

25 (10.5)

−

0.64*

−

4 (16.7)

21 (19.8)

−

1.00*

−

1 (2.4)

4 (3.0)

−

1.00*

−

  1. OAG = open-angle glaucoma, NTG = normal tension glaucoma, POAG = primary open angle glaucoma, VA = visual acuity, logMAR = logarithm of minimum angle of resolution, IOP = intraocular pressure, MD = mean deviation, AL = axial length, BMI = body mass index, dROM = diacron reactive oxygen metabolites, BAP = biological antioxidant potential, U. Carr = carrelli units, HL = hyperlipidemia, wrgc = weighted scale combining the estimated retinal ganglion cell count.
  2. Unmarked P values: Mann-Whitney U test, *Fisher exact test.
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