Patient numbers and incidence of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) at each age group
Age range (years) | Total no. of patients with RRD | Men with RRD | Women with RRD | Gender difference | |||
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No. | Incidence | No. | Incidence | No. | Incidence | p Value* | |
0–19 | 105 | 3.76 | 71 | 4.85 | 34 | 2.57 | 0.0272 |
20–29 | 316 | 15.54 | 149 | 15.45 | 167 | 15.63 | 0.9386 |
30–39 | 310 | 14.40 | 162 | 15.38 | 148 | 13.43 | 0.3017 |
40–49 | 409 | 19.64 | 248 | 23.85 | 161 | 15.42 | <0.0001 |
50–59 | 648 | 41.75 | 383 | 49.71 | 265 | 33.79 | <0.0001 |
60–69 | 365 | 40.04 | 208 | 46.60 | 157 | 33.48 | 0.0173 |
≥70 | 206 | 23.00 | 115 | 25.94 | 91 | 20.06 | 0.2609 |
Total | 2359 | 16.40 | 1336 | 18.89 | 1023 | 13.93 | <0.0001 |
*p Value for the adjusted gender effect was obtained from age-specific multivariate regression of RRD by gender controlling for myopia and pseudophakia. The p values <0.01 are in bold type.
RRD, rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.