Aqueous Concentrations of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Eyes with High Myopia with and without Choroidal Neovascularization

Table 1

Characteristics of eyes with myopic choroidal neovascularization, high myopia without myopic choroidal neovascularization, and control.

Parameter	Total; (𝑛=47)	mCNV; (𝑛=16)	High myopia without mCNV; (𝑛=23)	Control; (𝑛=8)	𝑃  value
Number of eyes/patients	47/39	16/16	23/16	8/7
Sex (F/M, number of patients)	24/15	9/7	11/5	4/3	0.74
Age (yrs)
Mean ± SD	65.2±8.5	65.5±10.4	65.1±7.9	64.6±6.0	0.97
Range	51–82	51–82	51–77	54–71
Axial length (mm)
Mean ± SD	28.7 ± 2.8	29.7 ± 1.8	29.6 ± 2.0	24.1 ± 1.2	<0.001
Range	22.6–34.2	26.9–32.6	27.2–34.2	22.6–24.2
Intraocular pressure (mmHg)
Mean ± SD	15.5±2.8	15.9±2.8	15.1±3.0	15.5±1.9	0.677
Range	8–20	11–20	8–20	12–17
Lens status
Phakia	41	11	22	8	—
Pseudophakia	6	5	1	0

mCNV: myopic choroidal neovascularization; F/M: female/male; SD: standard deviation.