Table 1.
Comparisons in demographic characteristics and comorbidities between with and without early onset cataracts
| Early onset cataract |
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|---|---|---|---|
| No (n = 5124) | Yes (n = 1281) | P-value | |
| Gender | |||
| Women | 2508 (48.9) | 627 (48.9) | 0.99 |
| Men | 2616 (51.1) | 654 (51.0) | |
| Age stratified | |||
| 20–35 | 456 (8.90) | 114 (8.90) | 0.99 |
| 36–45 | 1216 (23.7) | 304 (23.7) | |
| 46–55 | 3452 (67.4) | 863 (67.4) | |
| Age, mean ± SD* | 46.2 ± 7.48 | 46.3 ± 7.37 | 0.53 |
| Comorbidity | |||
| Diabetes | 390 (7.61) | 309 (24.1) | <0.001 |
| Hypertension | 876 (17.1) | 363 (28.3) | <0.001 |
| Hyperlipidemia | 706 (13.8) | 354 (27.6) | <0.001 |
| Stroke | 60 (1.17) | 24 (1.87) | 0.048 |
| Ischemic heart disease | 317 (6.19) | 139 (10.9) | <0.0001 |
| Asthma | 179 (3.49) | 72 (5.62) | 0.0004 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 900 (17.6) | 348 (27.2) | <0.0001 |
| Alcohol-related illness | 121 (2.36) | 48 (3.75) | 0.006 |
χ2-test;
*
t-test.