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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Association study of 15q14 and 15q25 with high myopia in the Han Chinese population

 

Patients

Controls

 

High myopia*

WZMC*

SHHP*

Patients, n

521

252

688

Age in years, Mean ± SD

36 ± 14.95

42.5 ± 13.3

31 ± 10.66

Sex, n

Male

200(38.4%)

139(55.1%)

385(60.0%)

Female

321(61.6%)

113(44.9%)

303(40.0%)

Axial length, mm ± SD

   

Right eyes

29.39 ± 2.85

–

–

Left eyes

29.93 ± 11.95

–

–

Refraction of the phakic eyes, D ± SD

  

Right eyes

-14.14 ± 6.28

–

–

Left eyes

-14.01 ± 6.68

–

–

  1. *Patients are from School of Optometry and Ophthalmology and Eye Hospital Ophthalmic Clinic, Wenzhou Medical College, Zhejiang Province, China.
  2. *WZMC are DNA samples randomly selected from Wenzhou Medical College, Zhejiang Province, China.
  3. *SHHP are samples randomly selected from Shanghai the Han Chinese population database.