Clinical Study

Superoxide Dismutase1 Levels in North Indian Population with Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Table 1

Clinical and demographic details of subjects.

VariablesAMDControls

Total11561
Wet AMD84 (73.04%)
Dry AMD31 (26.96%)
Minimal classic7 (11.9%)
Predominant classic16 (27.1%)
Occult36 (61.0%)
Avastin treated55 (65.5%)
Not treated with Avastin29 (34.5%)
Duration of disease¥23 ± 2.6 (M)
Smokers50 (43.5%)11 (20%)
Nonsmokers65 (56.5%)44 (80%)
Alcoholic37 (32.2%)17 (30.9%)
Nonalcoholic78 (67.8%)38 (69.1%)
Vegetarian61 (53%)31 (56.4%)
Nonvegetarian54 (47%)24 (43.6%)
Hypertension52 (45.2%)10 (16.4%)
Nonhypertensive61 (53%)45 (73.8%)
Heart disease16 (13.9%)
No heart disease60 (52.2%)55 (100%)
Age64.97 ± 7.160.38 ± 13.2
Male75 (65.2%)40 (65.6%)
Female40 (34.8%)21 (34.4%)

AMD: age-related macular degeneration; M: months; Age: age of onset. Values are mean ± SD or percentage, Duration of disease is the interval between appearance of the first symptom of AMD and collection of sample. AMD subjects were asked to provide all clinical and demographic details at the age of disease onset.