Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics for Glaucoma and Non-glaucoma Participants

Characteristic	Glaucoma (n=126)	Non-glaucoma (n=49)
	Mean ± SD or %
Age, years	72.5 ± 7.7	70.7 ± 8.2
Female	57.1%	61.2%
African American	37.3%	22.4%
Married	52.4%	59.2%
Some college or more	69.0%	69.4%
Major or minor professional	54.9%	70.8%
# systemic co-morbidities	2.4 ±1.6	2.4 ±1.6
Pseudophakic (at least 1 eye)	59.5%	46.9%
Spherical Equivalent, Diopters†	−0.36	−0.64
Visual field test MD, dB†*	−7.1 ± 8.1	−2.0 ± 2.4
Short Blessed test, score (0 best to 28 worst)	3.1 ±4.0	2.7 ±4.1

MD = Mean Deviation; dB = decibel

^†In eye with less severe visual field loss

^*p<0.05, two-sample student’s t-test