Research Article

Prevalence of Selected Eye Diseases Using Data Harvested from Ophthalmic Checkup Examination of a Cohort of Two Thousand Middle Eastern and North African Subjects

Table 1

Demographic data and medical history of patients.

Total number = 2013EgyptSudanYemenOthers

Number (%)731 (36.3%)652 (32.4%)567 (28.2%)63 (3.1%)
Male352 (48.1%)372 (57.1%)394 (69.5%)31 (49.2%)
Female379 (51.9%)280 (42.9%)173 (30.5%)32 (50.8%)
Age, years (mean ± SD)57.1 ± 12.551.8 ± 11.152.5 ± 1252.3 ± 13.7
Diabetes67 (9.2%)86 (13.2%)56 (9.9%)3 (4.7%)
Hypertension89 (12.2%)154 (23.6%)35 (6.2%)2 (3.2%)