Table 1 Study participants and control group sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.
From: Structural and vascular assessment of the optic nerve head and macula in chronic Chagas disease
Variables | CD group | Control group | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) (mean ± SD) | 60.2 ± 10.8 (n = 19) | 58.5 ± 9.3 (n = 19) | 0.609* |
Sex n (%) | |||
Female | 14 (73.7%) | 16 (84.2%) | 0.693† |
Male | 5 (26.3%) (n = 19) | 3 (15.8%) (n = 19) | |
Systemic arterial hypertension n (%) | |||
Yes | 8 (42.1%) | 7 (36.8%) | 0.740‡ |
No | 11 (57.9%) (n = 19) | 12 (63.2%) (n = 19) | |
BCVA (logMAR) (median, min – max) | 0 (0–0.4) (n = 19) | 0.1 (0–0.5) (n = 19) | 0.132§ |
Intraocular pressure (mean ± SD) | 13.6 ± 3.8 (n = 19) | 10.3 ± 1.3 (n = 19) | 0.487§ |
Disease duration (years) (mean ± SD) | 9.2 ± 3.2 (n = 18) | Does not apply | – |
