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Table 3 Effect of genotypes on demographic and clinical characteristics within PAOG cases

From: Lack of association between polymorphism rs540782 and primary open angle glaucoma in Saudi patients

Characteristics

Genotypes

p valuea

 

G/G (n = 22) No. (%)

G/C (n = 54) No. (%)

C/C (n = 16) No. (%)

 

Demographic

 Age in years, Mean (SD)

59.0 (13.5)

61.5 (12.0)

60.2 (12.0)

0.713*

 Male

14 (25.0)

34 (60.7)

8 (14.2)

0.617

 Female

8 (22.2)

20 (55.5)

8 (22.2)

-

Medical history

 Family history of glaucoma

4 (28.5)

9 (64.2)

1 (7.1)

0.613

 Diabetes mellitus

13 (26.5)

28 (57.1)

8 (16.3)

0.813

 Smoking

11 (32.3)

17 (50.0)

6 (17.6)

0.316

 Hypertension

10 (20.8)

30 (62.5)

8 (16.6)

0.713

 Coronary artery disease

2 (28.5)

4 (57.1)

1 (14.2)

0.944

 Hypercholesterolemia

5 (33.3)

8 (53.3)

2 (13.3)

0.630

Glaucoma indices

 Intraocular pressure in mmHg, Mean (SD)

33.2 (6.2)

34.7 (8.6)

31.9 (5.7)

0.474**

 Cup/disc ratio

0.68 (0.19)

0.74 (0.15)

0.64 (0.24)

0.243**

 No. of anti-glaucoma medications

2.8 (0.6)

2.8 (0.8)

2.5 (0.6)

0.122**

  1. aChi2 test
  2. *One-way ANOVA
  3. **Kruskal Wallis test