Effects of Smoking on Outcomes of Antivascular Endothelial Growth Factor Therapy in Patients with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Smoking and Anti-VEGF Therapy in nAMD

Table 1

Characteristics of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration patients.

	Ever-smokers ()	Never-smokers ()
Age (years), mean (SD)	72.0 (8.4)	75.5 (7.0)	0.10
Sex, no. (%)
Men	31 (94)	7 (27)
Women	2 (6)	19 (73)	<0.001^‡
Pack-years of smoking, no. (%)
<40	22 (67)	—
40≤	11 (33)	—
Duration of smoking (yrs), no. (%)
<40	15 (45)	—
40<	18 (55)	—
Time since cessation of smoking (yrs), no. (%)
<20	14 (54)	—
20≤	12 (46)	—

Mann–Whitney U test; ^‡chi-square test.