Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study and control population.

	Control group	Study group	P value
Age (in years)	72.8 ± 7.0	73.7 ± 8.6	0.2
Sex (female : male)	4 : 26	7 : 23	0.1
Race (African American : Caucasian)	26 : 4	1 : 29	0.001
Aqueous VEGF levels (in picogram)	3.7 ± 1.3	6 ± 3	0.002
Aqueous IL-6 levels (in picogram)	5.1 ± 2.2	17.1 ± 21.3	<0.0001