|
Variable
|
No incident AMD
|
Incident AMD
| |
|---|
| |
N = 4,768
|
N = 805
|
P
-value**
|
|---|
|
Age, years
|
67.6 (7.6)
|
67.9 (7.1)
|
0.29
|
|
Sex, % female
|
57.6
|
57.8
|
0.94
|
|
History of diabetes, %
|
10.8
|
8.4
|
0.04
|
|
BMI, kg/m2
|
26.9 (3.9)
|
26.6 (3.7)
|
0.07
|
|
Cholesterol, mmol/L
|
6.1 (1.2)
|
6.1 (1.1)
|
0.23
|
|
Smoking, % current
|
20.7
|
21.0
|
0.85
|
|
Hypertension, %
|
63.0
|
58.7
|
0.17
|
|
TSH, mIU/L median (IQR)
|
1.78 (1.15-2.69)
|
1.73 (1.17-2.67)
|
0.78
|
|
FT4, pmol/L
|
15.8 (2.6)
|
16.0 (3.2)
|
0.13
|
|
TPOAb, kU/L
|
30.5 (95.1)
|
30.8 (96.2)
|
0.93
|
- *Values are means and SD unless otherwise specified.
- **For comparison a t-test was conducted, for TSH the log-transformed values were used.
- Abbreviations: AMD age-related macular degeneration BMI body mass index, TSH thyroid-stimulating hormone, FT4 = free thyroxine, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, TPOAb thyroid peroxidase antibodies.
