Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the two study groups.

From: Ocular anterior segment and corneal parameters evaluation in celiac disease

 

Celiac patients

Healthy Controls

P-value

Mean ± SD

(Range)

Median

(IQ range)

Mean ± SD (Range)

Median

(IQ Range)

Patients (number)

70

–

70

–

–

Eye (number)

70

–

70

–

–

Gender (M/F)

19/51

–

25/45

–

0.36a

Age (years)

40.2 ± 11.4

(18.0–66.0)

41.5

(30.8–48.3)

39.8 ± 14.0

(23.0–69.0)

36.0

(26.0–53.0)

0.75b

AL (mm)

23.62 ± 0.96

(21.70–26.12)

23.53

(22.85–24.23)

23.84 ± 1.05 (20.82–26.11)

23.76

(23.26–24.51)

0.21c

Astigmatism (D)

−0.90 ± 0.70

(−3.4 to 0.5)

−0.8

(−1.4 to −0.5)

−0.90 ± 0.70

(−3.1 to 1.1)

−0.9

(−1.4 to −0.6)

0.77b

Astigmatism type (WTR/ATR/OBL)

58/4/8

–

58/5/7

–

0.99a

Age disease (years)

9.3 ± 8.5

(0–41)

7.5

(2.8–15.0)

–

–

–

  1. aChi-square test with Yates correction.
  2. bMann Whitney U test.
  3. cStudent t-test unpaired.
  4. SD: Standard Deviation; IQ: interquartile; AL: Axial Length; D: Diopter; WTR: With-the-Rule; ATR: Against-the-Rule; OBL: Oblique.
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