Table 1 Characteristics of enrolled participants.
Characteristic | Feces specimens | Plasma and aqueous humor specimens | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ARC | HMC | P value | ARC | HMC | P value | |
Patients, n | 28 | 26 | - | 18 * | 15 * | - |
Female, n (%) | 19(67.86) | 22(84.61) | - | 29(59.18) * | 25(75.76) * | - |
Age (yrs), Mean (SD) | 63.39(11.26) | 57.72(8.27) | 0.044 | 64.67(12.04) * | 58.80(7.04) * | 0.107 |
AL (mm), Mean (SD) | ||||||
Right eye | 23.57(0.69) | 29.94(2.52) | < 0.001 | 23.72(0.70) * | 29.84(2.31) * | < 0.001 |
Left eye | 23.79(1.64) | 29.71(2.73) | < 0.001 | 24.07(1.92) | 29.14(2.61) | < 0.001 |
ACD (mm), Mean (SD) | ||||||
Right eye | 3.04(0.43) | 3.43(0.47) | 0.004 | 3.15(0.42) * | 3.57(0.52) * | 0.017 |
Left eye | 3.05(0.42) | 3.41(0.38) | 0.002 | 3.12(0.38) | 3.46(0.33) | 0.011 |
LT (mm), Mean (SD) | ||||||
Right eye | 4.35(0.38) | 4.08(0.84) | 0.141 | 4.34(0.43) * | 4.01(1.06) * | 0.229 |
Left eye | 4.27(0.43) | 4.14(0.45) | 0.311 | 4.29(0.49) | 4.10(0.51) | 0.300 |
WTW (mm), Mean (SD) | ||||||
Right eye | 11.56(0.43) | 11.72(0.41) | 0.186 | 11.57(0.45) * | 11.71(0.40) * | 0.350 |
Left eye | 11.54(0.39) | 11.66(0.51) | 0.353 | 11.60(0.42) | 11.67(0.54) | 0.699 |