Table 1

Raised tHcy as a risk factor for retinal vascular occlusive disease. Age, sex, and blood levels of tHcy, total cholesterol, and creatinine in controls and cases

		Controls		Cases
		Controls		All	Arterial	All vein	Central vein	Branch vein
No of subjects	87	87	26	61	40	21
Mean age (years)	70.2	68.5	66.8	69.2	70.2	67.2
Sex, % male	41.2	55.2	73.0	47.5	50.0	42.8
p Value		0.095	0.009	0.565	0.473	0.901
GM fasting tHcy (μmol/l)	10.7	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.7	11.7
p Value		<0.0001	0.032	<0.0001	0.0001	0.097
GM serum creatinine (μmol/l)	92	95	99	93	96	87
p Value		0.723	0.405	0.989	0.640	0.466
GM fasting total cholesterol (μmol/l)	5.8	5.6	5.7	5.6	5.5	5.8
p Value		0.783	0.453	0.431	0.284	0.957