Table 2.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the Asian study population
| Chinese (N=3190) |
Japanese (N=1225) |
Korean (N=243) |
Filipino (N=3053) |
Southeast Asian (N=522) |
Pacific Islander (N=732) |
South Asian (N=810) |
Other/ Unknown Asian (N=3172) |
P value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 64.0 (11.6) | 68.5 (11.9) | 63.9 (11.2) | 63.1 (11.2) | 61.2 (11.2) | 63.5 (12.2) | 60.5 (11.4) | 59.8 (11.6) | <.0001 |
| Female, % (N) | 52.6% (1677) | 60.4% (740) | 54.7% (133) | 56.7% (1732) | 50.6% (264) | 54.5% (399) | 42.4% (343) | 53.4% (1694) | <.001 |
| Diabetic, % (N) | 5.4% (172) | 7.4% (90) | 7.4% (18) | 9.3% (284) | 5.8% (30) | 11.1% (81) | 9.3% (75) | 7.8% (246) | <.001 |
| Diagnosis, % (N) | <.0001 | ||||||||
| No glaucoma-related diagnosis | 23.4% (746) | 19.1% (234) | 26.8% (65) | 22.0% (671) | 20.7% (108) | 19.5% (143) | 24.8% (201) | 21.7% (688) | |
| POAG suspect | 36.4% (1161) | 40.2% (493) | 38.3% (93) | 43.2% (1320) | 35.8% (187) | 41.0% (300) | 36.5% (288) | 41.4% (1313) | |
| OHTN | 4.8% (153) | 3.8% (46) | 5.4% (13) | 4.4% (142) | 6.9% (36) | 6.4% (47) | 9.8% (79) | 5.5% (174) | |
| POAG | 17.0% (543) | 14.9% (183) | 14.4% (35) | 15.8% (481) | 18.4% (96) | 16.9% (124) | 17.7% (143) | 16.7% (529) | |
| NTG | 9.6% (306) | 15.9% (195) | 9.9% (24) | 5.7% (174) | 4.6% (24) | 7.8% (57) | 3.8% (31) | 6.5% (206) | |
| PACG/PACS | 7.3% (233) | 3.9% (48) | 3.7% (9) | 6.6% (200) | 11.9% (62) | 5.3% (39) | 6.7% (54) | 6.9% (219) | |
| Other glaucoma | 1.5% (48) | 2.1% (26) | 1.7% (4) | 2.1% (65) | 1.7% (9) | 3.0% (22) | 1.7% (14) | 1.3% (42) | |
| CCT (μm), mean (SD) | 554.4 (40.2) | 552.7 (37.9) | 552.1 (36.3) | 547.4 (37.3) | 548.3 (39.0) | 547.2 (37.4) | 545.8 (39.1) | 550.3 (39.7) | <.0001 |
SD = Standard Deviation. POAG = Primary Open Angle Glaucoma. OHTN = Ocular Hypertension. NTG = Normal Tension Glaucoma. PAC = Primary Angle Closure. PACG = Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma. CCT = Central Corneal Thickness.
*
P values generated by analysis of variance for continuous variables, and chi-squared test for categorical variables