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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2012 Jul 12;119(11):2245–2253. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.05.030

TABLE 2.

Baseline Characteristics of Participants With and Without Incident Open-angle Glaucoma in the Los Angeles Latino Eye Study

Characteristics Incident OAG (N=87) No OAG (N=3,685) P **
Age, yrs* 63±12 54±10 <0.001
Male gender 47% 40% 0.18
Married/with partner 69% 74% 0.26
History of T2DM 27% 19% 0.072
Family history of glaucoma 10% 9% 0.70
Blood pressure, mmHg*
        Systolic 131±21 123±18 <0.001
        Diastolic 77±13 76±11 0.32
        Mean arterial 95±13 91±12 0.004
        Pulse 54±19 47±14 <0.001
Perfusion pressure, mmHg*
        Systolic 115±20 108±18 0.001
        Diastolic 61±13 61±11 0.61
        Mean arterial 79±13 77±12 0.21
IOP at baseline, mmHg* 16.5±5.0 14.4±2.9 <0.001
        IOP >21 mmHg at baseline 15% 2% <0.001
IOP lowering treatment at baseline 7% 1% <0.001
Refractive error, diopter <0.001
        >-1 75% 86%
        ≤-1 to >-3 10% 9%
        ≤-3 15% 4%
Axial length, mm* 23.7±1.0 23.3±1.1 0.003
CCT, μm* 547±44 551±35 0.43
Corneal power, diopter* 43.5±1.7 43.8±1.7 0.34
Presence of any nuclear opacity 18% 6% <0.001

OAG=open angle glaucoma; IOP=intraocular pressure; CCT=central corneal thickness; T2DM=type 2 diabetes mellitus.

*

Mean ± Standard deviation.

**

P values were calculated using X2 test for categorical variables and t test for continuous variables.

Data on corneal power were available only for 1,369 participants.