Table 2.
Basic characteristics according to sex.
| Variables | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early AMD, n = 224 | Control, n = 1591 | P value | Early AMD, n = 223 | Control, n = 1950 | P value | |
| No. (%) or Mean ± SD | No. (%) or Mean ± SD | No. (%) or Mean ± SD | No. (%) or Mean ± SD | |||
| Age, y | 64.5 ± 7.1 | 61.7 ± 8.0 | <0.0001 | 66.2 ± 5.3 | 62.2 ± 7.4 | <0.0001 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 23.4 ± 2.8 | 23.7 ± 3.1 | 0.31 | 23.4 ± 3.3 | 23.0 ± 3.4 | 0.010 |
| Smoking history | ||||||
| Current/past | 181 (80.8) | 1290 (81.1) | 0.93 | 12 (5.4) | 198 (10.1) | 0.022 |
| Never | 43 (19.2) | 301 (18.9) | 211 (94.6) | 1752 (89.9) | ||
| Hypertension | 121 (54.0) | 854 (53.7) | 0.92 | 127 (57.0) | 892 (45.7) | 0.0015 |
| Dyslipidemia | 95 (42.4) | 800 (50.3) | 0.027 | 143 (64.1) | 1055 (54.1) | 0.0044 |
| Diabetes | 22 (9.8) | 218 (13.7) | 0.11 | 16 (7.2) | 139 (7.1) | 0.98 |
| Antihypertension medication | 83 (37.1) | 515 (32.4) | 0.16 | 78 (35.0) | 574 (29.4) | 0.087 |
| Lipid-lowering medication | 28 (12.5) | 223 (14.0) | 0.54 | 77 (34.5) | 500 (25.6) | 0.0044 |
| Total cholesterol, mmol/L | 202.2 ± 31.5 | 205.3 ± 34.7 | 0.27 | 217.9 ± 32.6 | 214.7 ± 32.2 | 0.14 |
| HDL cholesterol, mmol/L | 67.3 ± 16.1 | 63.4 ± 17.0 | <0.0001 | 71.8 ± 16.3 | 72.2 ± 16.6 | 0.71 |
| LDL cholesterol, mmol/L | 113.0 ± 29.3 | 116.4 ± 30.9 | 0.17 | 127.2 ± 31.1 | 123.6 ± 29.2 | 0.077 |
| Triglyceride, mmol/L | 110.4 ± 60.6 | 131.0 ± 97.8 | 0.0015 | 94.3 ± 41.5 | 94.9 ± 46.5 | 0.82 |
Significant values are in bold.