Glaucoma Characteristics and Influencing Factors during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Huizhou Region

Table 2

Demographic characteristics of patients with glaucoma during phases A and B.

Demographic characteristics	Phase A (N = 204)	Phase B (N = 128)	χ^2/t
Age, years (mean ± SD)	58.21 ± 15.54	59.05 ± 16.68	−0.470	0.640^a
Sex, n (%)			1.353	0.245^b
Male	95 (58.28)	68 (41.72)
Female	109 (64.50)	60 (35.50)
Region, n (%)			0.001	0.972^b
Distance from the patient’s home within 20 km	104 (61.54)	65 (38.46)
Distance from the patient’s home outside 20 km	100 (61.35)	63 (38.65)

N: number of patients with glaucoma; SD: standard deviation. n (%) = number and percentages of patients with glaucoma for each categorical group. Independent-sample t-test (^a) and Pearson’s chi-square test (^b) were used to test the differences in demographic characteristics of patients with glaucoma between phases A and B.