The rs2071559 AA VEGFR-2 Genotype Frequency Is Significantly Lower in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Patients

Table 1

Characteristics of patients.

Variable	Control	Wet AMD
Patients	78	120
Bilateral (𝑛/%)	/	57/47.5%
Age
(Yrs)	74.3 (DS 6.5)	80.2 (DS 8.9)
Range	65–90	53–99
Median	73.5	81.5
Gender
F (n/%)	46/59%	61/50.8%
M (𝑛/%)	32/41%	59/49.2%
Smoking
Affected (𝑛/%)	42/54%	70/58%
Diabetes mellitus
Affected (𝑛/%)	8/10.2%	11/9.2%
High blood pressure
Affected (𝑛/%)	31/39.7%	61/50.8%
High blood cholesterol
Affected	5/4.7%	8/6.7%
Heart disease
Affected	18/23.1%	29/24.2%
Anticoagulation therapy
With therapy	23/29.5%	25/20.8%