Aqueous Levels of Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor and Macular Choroidal Thickness in High Myopia

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics.

Variables	Control group; ( = 42)	High myopia without CNV group; ( = 36)	High myopia with CNV group; ( = 14)	value
Mean age (years)	58.5 ± 5.3	59.6 ± 4.9	57.6 ± 5.4	0.573
Axial length (mm)	24.3 ± 0.6	28.5 ± 1.1	29.6 ± 1.3	0.001
Refractive error (D)	−0.29 ± 1.42	−12.3 ± 4.7	−15.2 ± 3.1	0.001
Male gender (%)	42.9	44.4	42.9	0.916
IOP (mmHg)	14.5 ± 2.8	15.8 ± 2.6	15.5 ± 3.2	0.357

Kruskal-Wallis -test, compared among control, high myopia without CNV (non-CNV), and high myopia with CNV (CNV) groups.
Fisher’s exact -test compared between control, non-CNV, and CNV groups.
CNV, choroidal neovascularization; D, diopters; IOP, intraocular pressure.