Table 1 Characteristics of 240 participants, ≥66 years, in the AGES-Reykjavik Study.by AMD status
From: Serum lipids in adults with late age-related macular degeneration: a case-control study
Characteristics1 | AMD | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No AMD | Geographic Atrophy | Neovascular AMD | |||
n = 80 | n = 80 | n = 80 | |||
Age, y | 75.0 (5.7) | 82.3 (4.4) | 81.7 (4.7) | < 0.0001 | |
Sex, % women | 55.0 | 60.0 | 56.3 | 0.80 | |
Body mass index, kg/m2 | 27.1 (4.4) | 26.5 (4.1) | 26.3 (4.2) | 0.46 | |
Smoking, % | Never/Former | 85.0 | 81.3 | 76.2 | 0.15 |
Current | 15.0 | 12.7 | 23.8 | ||
Total cholesterol, mmol/L | 5.6 (1.1) | 5.5 (1.0) | 5.7 (0.9) | 0.50 | |
HDL cholesterol, mmol/L | 1.6 (0.5) | 1.6 (0.5) | 1.6 (0.5) | 0.86 | |
LDL cholesterol, mmol/L | 3.5 (1.0) | 3.4 (0.9) | 3.5 (0.9) | 0.62 | |
Log C-reactive protein, mg/L | 0.5 (1.0) | 0.8 (1.1) | 1.0 (1.0) | 0.01 | |
Hypertension, % | 81.3 | 81.3 | 77.5 | 0.79 | |
Coronary artery disease, % | 36.4 | 49.3 | 42.9 | 0.31 | |
Diabetes, % | 15.0 | 18.8 | 7.5 | 0.11 | |
Chronic kidney disease, % | 40.9 | 45.2 | 64.3 | 0.01 | |