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Table 5 Frequency of dementia in patients with glaucoma and control group

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

Patients with glaucoma

Percentage in %

Control group

Percentage in %

Statistical significance

5/35 (4 patients with Alzheimer’s disease and 1 with Frontotemporal Dementia)

14.28

The control group members had no dementia

  
  1. The table shows comparative data regarding the frequency of dementia in patients with glaucoma and control patients. The control group members had no dementia. For the statistical analysis the x2 criterion was applied. The level of statistical significance was set at a value for p < 0.05.
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BMC Ophthalmology

ISSN: 1471-2415

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