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Table 1 Demographic details of the study subjects

From: Distribution of macular pigments in macular telangiectasia type 2 and correlation with optical coherence tomography characteristics and visual acuity

Parameter

Healthy controls

MacTel Type 2 subjects

P value

Subjects enrolled (n)

31 (60 eyes)

22 (41 eyes)

-

Gender

 

Male, n (%)

12 (38.70%)

4 (18.18%)

0.005

Female, n (%)

19 (61.29%)

18 (81.81%)

0.637

Age (years), mean ± SD (range)

39.10 ± 12.74 (21–65)

58.09 ± 10.19 (36–78)

 < 0.001

Race (%)

South Indian ethnicity (100%)

South Indian ethnicity (100%)

-

aBCVA, Snellen equivalent, median (range)

20/20 (20/20—20/20)

20/80 (20/600—20/20)

-

Refractive error (range)

-3.0 0DS to + 2.0 0DS

-4.0 0DS to + 2.5 0DS

-

Lens status, phakic/ pseudophakic (n)

57/ 3

29/ 12

-

  1. aBCVA—Best corrected visual acuity