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Table 3 Effect of rs547984 genotypes on demographic and clinical characteristics within PAOG group

From: Polymorphism rs547984 on human chromosome 1q43 is not associated with primary open angle glaucoma in a Saudi cohort

Characteristics

Genotypes

p valuea

C/C (n = 20) No. (%)

C/A (n = 52) No. (%)

A/A (n = 18) No. (%)

DEMOGRAPHIC

 Age in years, Mean (SD)

58.6 (13.8)

61.5 (12.1)

60.5 (11.6)

0.674b

 Male

13 (65.0)

33 (63.4)

9 (50.0)

0.553

 Female

7 (35.0)

19 (57.5)

9 (50.0)

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MEDICAL HISTORY

 Family history of glaucoma

4 (20.0)

9 (17.3)

1 (5.5)

0.408

 Smoking

10 (50.0)

18 (34.6)

6 (33.3)

0.440

 Diabetes mellitus

13 (65.0)

27 (51.9)

9 (50.0)

0.556

 Hypertension

9 (45.0)

28 (53.8)

10 (55.5)

0.758

 Coronary artery disease

2 (10.0)

4 (76.9)

0 (0.0)

0.421

 Hypercholesterolemia

5 (25.0)

9 (17.3)

0 (0.0)

0.091

GLAUCOMA INDICES

 Intraocular pressure in mmHg, mean (SD)

33.9 (6.1)

35.2 (8.3)

31.3 (5.7)

0.206c

 Cup/disc ratio

0.69 (0.19)

0.74 (0.16)

0.65 (0.23)

0.285c

 No. of anti-glaucoma medications

2.8 (0.6)

2.8 (0.8)

2.4 (0.6)

0.065c

  1. aChi2 test, bOne-way ANOVA, cKruskal Wallis test