Table 1.
Demographics of the populations investigated.
| Control cohort (N = 76,077) |
Patients with DME (N = 1,316) |
Patients with DME (<20/40) (N = 215) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Average age (years) | 69 | 63 | 64 |
| Average duration of diabetes (years) | n/a | 19 | 21 |
| Average age at diagnosis of DME (years) | n/a | 52 | 48 |
| Age distribution [n (%)] | |||
| Males <40 | 14,455 (19%) | 92* (7%) | 6 (3%) |
| Males 40–59 | 1,932 (17%) | 236* (18%) | 26 (12%) |
| Males 60–69 | 3,803 (5%) | 263* (20%) | 67 (31%) |
| Males 70+ | 6,086 (8%) | 92 (7%) | 11 (5%) |
| Females <40 | 14,454 (19%) | 158* (12%) | 24 (11%) |
| Females 40–59 | 11,411 (15%) | 184 (14%) | 38 (18%) |
| Females 60–69 | 3,804 (5%) | 234* (8%) | 34 (16%) |
| Females 70+ | 9,129 (12%) | 53* (4%) | 9 (5%) |
| Sex [n (%)] | |||
| Male | 37,551 (49%) | 671 (51%) | 116 (54%) |
| Female | 38,526 (51%) | 645 (49%) | 99 (44%) |
| Ethnicity [n (%)] | |||
| Caucasian | 59,340 (76%) | 934 (71%) | 131** (61%) |
| Aboriginal | 6,847 (9%) | 158 (12%) | 47** (22%) |
| Hispanic | 3,043 (4%) | 92* (7%) | 0 |
| South Asian | 3,055 (5%) | 79 (6%) | 37 (17%) |
| Asian | 1,521 (2%) | 39 (3%) | 0 |
| African descent | 1,506 (2%) | 13 (1%) | 0 |
*Significantly different from cohort. 1-tail test. P < .05.
**Significantly different from DME cohort. 1-tail test. P < .05.