Table 2 Basic characteristics according to sex.

From: Gender-specific association of early age-related macular degeneration with systemic and genetic factors in a Japanese population

Variables

Men

Women

Early AMD, n = 224

Control, n = 1591

P value

Early AMD, n = 223

Control, n = 1950

P value

No. (%) or Mean ± SD

No. (%) or Mean ± SD

No. (%) or Mean ± SD

No. (%) or Mean ± SD

Age, y

64.5 ± 7.1

61.7 ± 8.0

<0.0001

66.2 ± 5.3

62.2 ± 7.4

<0.0001

BMI, kg/m2

23.4 ± 2.8

23.7 ± 3.1

0.31

23.4 ± 3.3

23.0 ± 3.4

0.010

Smoking history

  Current/past

181 (80.8)

1290 (81.1)

0.93

12 (5.4)

198 (10.1)

0.022

  Never

43 (19.2)

301 (18.9)

211 (94.6)

1752 (89.9)

Hypertension

121 (54.0)

854 (53.7)

0.92

127 (57.0)

892 (45.7)

0.0015

Dyslipidemia

95 (42.4)

800 (50.3)

0.027

143 (64.1)

1055 (54.1)

0.0044

Diabetes

22 (9.8)

218 (13.7)

0.11

16 (7.2)

139 (7.1)

0.98

Antihypertension medication

83 (37.1)

515 (32.4)

0.16

78 (35.0)

574 (29.4)

0.087

Lipid-lowering medication

28 (12.5)

223 (14.0)

0.54

77 (34.5)

500 (25.6)

0.0044

Total cholesterol, mmol/L

202.2 ± 31.5

205.3 ± 34.7

0.27

217.9 ± 32.6

214.7 ± 32.2

0.14

HDL cholesterol, mmol/L

67.3 ± 16.1

63.4 ± 17.0

<0.0001

71.8 ± 16.3

72.2 ± 16.6

0.71

LDL cholesterol, mmol/L

113.0 ± 29.3

116.4 ± 30.9

0.17

127.2 ± 31.1

123.6 ± 29.2

0.077

Triglyceride, mmol/L

110.4 ± 60.6

131.0 ± 97.8

0.0015

94.3 ± 41.5

94.9 ± 46.5

0.82

  1. Significant values are in bold.