Table 1.
Summary of the demographic characteristics of dry age-related macular degeneration patients and control subjects
| Property | Sample Set 1: DDAa in AHb | Sample Set 2: SWATH-MSc in AH | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry AMDd | Dry AMD | Control | ||
| Drusen | RPDe | |||
| No. of AH samples | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Age (mean ± SD, years) | 74.6 ± 7.5 | 73.5 ± 4.9 | 74.5 ± 1.5 | |
| Sex (men:women) | 3:4 | 0:4 | 0:2 | |
| Diabetes mellitus (No.) | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Hypertension (No.) | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
aDDA data-dependent acquisition, bAH aqueous humor, cSWATH-MS sequential window acquisition of all theoretical fragment ion mass spectrometry, a specialized high-resolution mass spectrometric technique providing quantitative accuracy and reproducibility, dAMD age-related macular degeneration, eRPD reticular pseudodrusen