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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of demographic, lifestyle, and medical factors of subjects according to gender and dry eye diseses

From: Total cholesterol and lipoprotein composition are associated with dry eye disease in Korean women

 

Male

Female

Non-DED (n = 2292)

DED (n = 116)

P-value

Non-DED (n = 2804)

DED (n = 415)

P-value

Age (years)

44.2 ± 0.5

47 ± 1.9

0.2729

46.2 ± 0.5

44.9 ± 1.1

0.1566

Residential district (% rural)

21.8(3.3)

22.2(5.3)

0.9171

23.4(3.5)

14.4(3.1)

0.0007

Monthly income (% lowest quartile)

14.9(1.1)

13.3(3.8)

0.6809

19.3(1.2)

18.4(2.5)

0.7324

Education (% some college≥)

36.7(1.6)

37.9(5.7)

0.8314

28.9(1.4)

28.7(2.9)

0.9368

BMI (kg/m2)

24 ± 0.1

23.8 ± 0.3

0.0156

23.3 ± 0.1

22.7 ± 0.2

0.5919

Waist circumference (cm)

84.9 ± 0.9

84.2 ± 0.9

0.0063

78.1 ± 0.3

76.4 ± 0.6

0.593

Smoker (%)

42.3(1.2)

39.8(5.7)

0.648

5.5(0.6)

3.6(1.3)

0.2473

Heavy-drinker (%)

18.2(0.9)

13.3(3.7)

0.2571

1.8(0.3)

1.5(0.9)

0.7757

Exercise (% yes)

25.7(1.2)

23.8(5)

0.7217

20.3(1.1)

16(2.4)

0.1141

Menopause (% yes)

NA

NA

NA

35.5(1.5)

38.3(3.1)

0.4255

Symptoms of DED (% yes)

8(1)

81.3(4.7)

<.0001

12.1(1.1)

81.4(3)

<.0001

Diabetes (% yes)

11(0.9)

10.9(3.3)

0.9851

9.1(0.8)

8.9(1.6)

0.8944

Hypertension (% yes)

31(1.5)

27.3(5.7)

0.5244

46.5(1.4)

48.3(3.3)

0.6178

Rheumatoid arthritis history (% yes)

1.6(0.4)

1.4(1.1)

0.8616

3.1(0.4)

3.2(0.9)

0.9261

Any ophthalmic surgery (% yes)

7.8(0.6)

24.6(5.1)

<.0001

13.5(0.8)

24.1(2.4)

<.0001

Mean SBP (mmHg)

122 ± 0.5

121.2 ± 1.7

0.3422

117.4 ± 0.6

116.3 ± 1

0.6275

Mean DBP (mmHg)

80.4 ± 0.4

78.7 ± 0.9

0.8309

74.3 ± 0.3

74.2 ± 0.5

0.0868

Laboratory data

      

Glucose (mg/dL)

98.2 ± 0.7

98.1 ± 1.9

0.8866

94.3 ± 0.5

94.1 ± 1.2

0.9478

Insulin (uIU/mL)

10.4 ± 0.1

9.9 ± 0.4

0.375

10.5 ± 0.1

10.1 ± 0.2

0.3519

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

187.2 ± 1

184.5 ± 3.4

0.6799

186.7 ± 0.9

185.8 ± 2.2

0.4302

Triglycerides (mf/dL)

157.4 ± 3.9

134 ± 9.7

0.721

109.3 ± 2

106.2 ± 4

0.1337

HDL

49.6 ± 0.3

51.5 ± 1.5

0.6395

56 ± 0.3

56.3 ± 0.7

0.2197

LDL

112.3 ± 0.9

110.4 ± 3.3

0.8224

113.9 ± 0.7

113.4 ± 1.9

0.5698

  1. Values are represented as means ± SD. Numbers in brackets represent percentages (standard error).
  2. DED = dry eye disease; BMI = Body mass index; SBP = systolic blood pressure; DBP = diastolic blood pressure; HDL = high-density lipoprotein; LDL = low-density lipoprotein.