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Table 1 Comparative data regarding age and gender between patients with dementia, glaucoma and the subjects of the 2 control groups

From: Helicobacter pylori infection, dementia and primary open-angle glaucoma: are they connected?

 

Patients with dementia n = 60

Patients with glaucoma n = 35

First control group n = 31

Second control group (n = 30)

Statistical significance

Age

61.34 ± 6.526

62.18 ± 5.04

62.41 ± 4.49

61.48 ± 2.8

p > 0,05

Male patients

28 (46.66%)

14 (46.66%)

14 (45.16%)

13 (43.44%)

p > 0,05

  1. The table shows comparative data in regard to age and gender between the patients with dementia, glaucoma and the patients of the two control groups. The comparison was performed with the non parametric Mann–Whitney-Wilcoxon test for the age analysis and the x2 for the gender distribution. The level of statistical significance was set at a threshold for p < 0.05.
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BMC Ophthalmology

ISSN: 1471-2415

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