Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of POAG cases and controls genotyped for SNP rs7916697.
| Variables |
Controls (n = 171) No. (%) |
Cases (n = 186) No. (%) |
p value a |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic Characteristics | |||
| Age in years, mean (±SD) | 60.9 (10.6) | 58.9 (11.5) | 0.096∗ |
| Male | 98 (57.3) | 101 (55.2) | 0.560 |
| Female | 73 (42.7) | 85 (45.7) | - |
| Systemic Diseases | |||
| Diabetes mellitus | 65 (38.0) | 75 (40.3) | 0.654 |
| Coronary artery disease | 4 (2.3) | 6 (3.2) | 0.612 |
| Hypertension | 56 (32.7) | 71 (38.1) | 0.285 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 8 (4.6) | 14 (7.5) | 0.263 |
| Health Awareness / Behavior | |||
| Family history of glaucoma | 7 (4.1) | 18 (9.6) | 0.039 |
| Smoking | 15 (8.7) | 20 (10.7) | 0.527 |
aPearson Chi2 test, ∗t-test.