Table 1. Patient characteristics.
| Variable | Value | VKH patients (n=94) | SO patients (n=39) | Control subjects (n=112) | p-value* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender |
male (number, %) |
25 |
26.6 |
22 |
56.4 |
70 |
62.5 |
<0.001 |
| |
female (number, %) |
69 |
73.4 |
17 |
43.6 |
42 |
37.5 |
|
| Age (years) |
(median, range) |
40 |
7–86 |
45 |
14–73 |
56 |
14–79 |
<0.001 |
| Severity of illness# |
moderate (number, %) |
20 |
22.5 |
14 |
40.0 |
|
|
0.072 |
| severe (number, %) | 69 | 77.5 | 21 | 60.0 | ||||
The asterisk indicates Fisher's exact test for proportions; Kruskal–Wallis test for age. The sharp (hash mark) indicates missing values (n=5 in VKH; n=4 in SO).