Variables | Control | POAG | SOAG | XFG | P-value |
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Patients (n) | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | |
Number of eyes (n) | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | |
Gender (male: female) | 5:15 | 13:7 | 13:6 | 12:7 | 0.0204* |
Age (years) |
Mean ± SD | 73.5 ± 7.1 | 71.2 ± 10.2 | 61.2 ± 14.8 | 75.6 ± 12.8 | < .005†, †††† |
[range] | 58–87 | 52–87 | 39–87 | 39–93 | |
IOP (mmHg) |
Mean ± SD | 13.6 ± 1.7 | 15.7 ± 4.0 | 22.4 ± 11.9 | 29.7 ± 9.3† < .001, | < .0001**†, ††† |
[range] | 10–16 | 8–25 | 7–52 | 13–48 | |
- POAG primary open angle glaucoma, SOAG secondary open angle glaucoma, XFG exfoliation glaucoma, IOP intraocular pressure, ATX autotaxin, TGFβ transforming growth factor beta
- *Fisher's exact test; **Kruskall-Wallis test
- †Statistically significant difference between control and SOAG (Steel–Dwass test)
- ††Statistically significant difference between control and XFG (Steel–Dwass test)
- †††Statistically significant difference between POAG and XFG (Steel–Dwass test)
- ††††Statistically significant difference between SOAG and XFG (Steel–Dwass test)