Table 1. Characteristics of the study population.

Demographic characteristics	PCV	Controls	p value
Number of subjects	118	115
Gender (male/female)	78/40	69/46	0.335
Mean age±SD (years)	65±8.4	69±8.7	<0.001
Age range (years)	43–85	50–87

Abbreviations: PCV represents Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy; SD represents standard deviation.