Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristic of subjects

From: Association of HTRA1 and ARMS2 gene polymorphisms with response to intravitreal ranibizumab among neovascular age-related macular degenerative subjects

Parameter		nAMD (n = 145)	Controls (n = 145)	P value^a
Age		69.10 ± 7.51	64.96 ± 10.12	< 0.001^b*
Gender	Male	86 (59.3)	105 (72.4)
Gender	Female	59 (40.7)	40 (27.6)	0.019*
Race	Malay	51 (35.2)	60 (41.4)
	Chinese	88 (60.7)	58 (40.0)
	Indian	6 (4.1)	27 (18.6)	< 0.001*
Co-morbidities	DM	47 (32.4)	57 (39.3)	0.221
	HPT	90 (62.1)	64 (44.1)	0.002^*
	DM + HPT	40 (27.6)	36 (24.8)	0.593
Smoking		50 (34.5)	24 (16.6)	< 0.001*

Data are presented as percentages in parentheses
DM diabetes mellitus, HPT hypertension
^*Significant P value, P < 0.05
^aChi-square test
^bStudent’s t test

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