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. 2022 Nov 30;70(12):4186–4192. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_963_22

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the study participants under 40 years of age visiting glaucoma services based on the glaucoma status

Parameters Glaucoma (n=120) Glaucoma suspect (n=125) Nil glaucoma (n=80) Other conditions predisposing to glaucoma* (n=59) P
Age
 Mean (SD) 25.2 (9.35) 28.04 (8.80) 26.63 (9.11) 22.78 (8.59) 0.002K
Age distribution 0.115C
 5-10 11 (9.2) 7 (5.6) 4 (5.0) 5 (8.5)
 11-20 30 (25.0) 22 (17.6) 19 (23.8) 20 (33.9)
 21-30 38 (31.7) 37 (29.6) 25 (31.3) 21 (35.6)
 31-39 41 (34.2) 59 (47.2) 32 (40.0) 13 (22.0)
Gender
 Male 78 (65.0) 62 (49.6) 32 (40.0) 44 (74.6) <0.001C
Family history
 Yes 19 (15.8) 22 (17.6) 34 (42.5) - <0.001C
SES
 High SLI 70 (24.7) 105 (37.10) 68 (24.0) 40 (14.1) <0.001C
 Medium SLI 38 (46.3) 18 (21.9) 10 (12.2) 16 (19.5)
 Low SLI 12 (63.2) 2 (10.5) 2 (10.5) 3 (15.8)
Education
 Uneducated 3 (2.5) 1 (0.8) 2 (2.5) 2 (3.4) 0.244F
 School 68 (56.7) 59 (47.2) 34 (42.5) 34 (57.6)
 Graduation 49 (40.8) 65 (52.0) 44 (55.0) 23 (39.0)

Chi-square test; F-Fisher’s exact test; K-Kruskal Wallis test; SES: Socioeconomic status, SLI: Standard of living index. *Includes secondary raised IOP and miscellaneous conditions such as angle recession and retino-choroidal coloboma