Table 2

Influence of sex and age matching of controls on odds ratio (OR) for exudative ARMD in Hamburg cases and controls only (167 patients; 114 female, 53 male) in association with CST3 genotype B/B

OR95% CIp Value*
HH = Hamburg.
*Two sided Fisher's exact test; †OR cannot be calculated due to 0 age matched males from Hamburg carrying the B/B genotype.
All controls age matched (n=349)3.011.19 to 7.620.023
All controls from Hamburg (n=235)4.041.11 to 14.760.028
Age matched controls HH (n=175)3.241.11 to 9.520.036
Females HH, controls age matched1.850.43 to 7.920.485
Males HH, controls age matched†0.027