Table 3.
Characteristics of Individuals Affected by Late stage Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), Wet AMD, and Dry AMD.a
| d-AMD | w-AMD | P Value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 20 | N = 31 | ||||||
| Mean | SD | % | Mean | SD | % | ||
| Age, years | 75.5 | 5.9 | 72.6 | 7.8 | .18 | ||
| Sex, women | 65 | 45 | .13 | ||||
| Education, years | 8.6 | 4.8 | 8.3 | 4.1 | .68 | ||
| Civil status | |||||||
| Widow | 30 | 10 | .18 | ||||
| Married | 65 | 84 | .18 | ||||
| Single status | 5 | 6 | .18 | ||||
| Cigarette smoking | 45 | 55 | .94 | ||||
| Visual acuity | 20/32 | 2.38 | 20/25 | 2.10 | .15 | ||
| Comorbidityb | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | .15 | ||
| Alcohol (at meals) | 50 | 45 | .47 | ||||
| Hypercholesterolemia | 55 | 58 | .52 | ||||
| Hypertension | 55 | 52 | .52 | ||||
| Diabetes | 5 | 16 | .23 | ||||
| Cardiopathies | 25 | 35 | .31 | ||||
| Nervous system’s disease | 20 | 10 | .26 | ||||
| Gastrointestinal diseases | 20 | 16 | .50 | ||||
| Genitourinary diseases | 20 | 10 | .26 | ||||
| Immunitary diseases | 15 | 3 | .16 | ||||
| Respiratory diseases | 10 | 3 | .33 | ||||
| Locomotory diseases | 10 | 6 | .51 | ||||
| Depressive symptoms (GDS)c | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.7 | .63 | ||
Abbreviations: NS, nonsignificant; GDS, Geriatric Depression Scale; AMD, age-related macular degeneration; SD, standard deviation; d-AMD, dry AMD; w-AMD, wet-AMD.
a Comparison between groups about education, comorbidity. and depressive symptoms was analyzed using nonparametric statistical methods. The presence of each pathology was defined as self-reported use of specific medication.
b Comorbidity: number of diseases.
c GDS: 15 items.