Table 3.
Univariate comparison of cardiovascular measures and risk factors in AMD progressors and non-progressors
| Variable | AMD progression Mean (SD) | No AMD progression Mean (SD) | t-test, p-value |
| Systemic arterial compliance (log) | 0.30 (0.49) | 0.29 (0.51) | -0.583, 0.56 |
| Augmentation index | 13.57 (8.44) | 16.71 (9.77) | 2.576, 0.01 |
| Pulse wave velocity, aortic | 12.51 (4.24) | 11.64 (3.95) | -1.53, 0.13 |
| Average IMT of 12 walls (log) | 0.08 (1.16) | 0.08 (1.17) | -0.491, 0.62 |
| Mean maximum IMT (log) | 0.12 (1.20) | 0.11 (1.21) | -1.396, 0.17 |
| Mean arterial blood pressure | 99.83 (12.78) | 99.93 (12.04) | 0.06, 0.95 |
| Total cholesterol | 5.55 (0.91) | 5.50 (1.00) | -0.319, 0.75 |
| HDL cholesterol | 1.57 (0.44) | 1.54 (0.45) | -0.607, 0.55 |
| LDL cholesterol | 3.31 (0.80) | 3.34 (0.83) | 0.285, 0.78 |
| Triglycerides (log) | 1.33 (1.61) | 1.29 (1.62) | -0.426, 0.67 |
| Heart rate | 64.1 (9.01) | 62.3 (10.74) | -1.39, 0.17 |
| Glucose (log) | 5.31 (1.22) | 5.16 (1.19) | -1.127, 0.26 |
| Fibrinogen | 4.20 (0.86) | 4.12 (0.76) | -0.715, 0.48 |