Table 5 Demographic data for the discovery study.

From: Reduced glutathione level in the aqueous humor of patients with primary open-angle glaucoma and normal-tension glaucoma

 

OAG

Control

P value

No. of eyes

40

37

 

Age (years)†

64.3 ± 11.6

66.6 ± 7.1

0.2928

Laterality (right:left)‡

17:23

23:14

0.1113

Sex (male:female)‡

21:19

17:20

0.6505

IOP (mmHg)†

18.1 ± 6.2

13.7 ± 3.3

0.0003

BCVA (logMAR)†

0.39 ± 0.57

0.58 ± 0.42

0.1023

Axial length (mm)†

24.9 ± 1.6

24.0 ± 1.6

0.0153

Glaucoma medications, n (%)

   

Prostaglandin analogs

39 (97.5)

0 (0)

 

β-blockers

35 (87.5)

0 (0)

 

Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (eye drop)

31 (77.5)

0 (0)

 

Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (dose)

15 (37.5)

0 (0)

 

α-2 stimulates

32 (80.0)

0 (0)

 

Rho-kinase inhibitors

15 (37.5)

0 (0)

 
  1. †P values and ‡P values are calculated between OAG and Control groups using the Student’s t test and Fisher’s exact test, respectively.