The associations of lens power with age, axial length and type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chinese adults aged 50 and above

Table 2 Distribution of lens power stratified by age for participants with and without Type 2 DM

Age (years)	Control group			Type 2 DM group			p value^†
Age (years)	N	Lens power (D)	p value*	N	Lens power (D)	p value*	p value^†
50–54	119	22.25 ± 1.78		75	23.15 ± 1.83		0.001
55–59	349	21.89 ± 1.90	0.252	220	22.50 ± 1.83	0.502	< 0.001
60–64	522	21.15 ± 1.81	< 0.001	485	21.82 ± 1.99	0.001	< 0.001
65–69	441	20.85 ± 2.04	0.037	475	21.38 ± 2.21	0.028	< 0.001
70–74	198	20.69 ± 2.21	1.000	296	21.17 ± 2.11	1.000	0.001
75–79	167	20.82 ± 2.26	1.000	209	21.19 ± 2.21	1.000	0.076
≥ 80	91	20.61 ± 2.55	1.000	123	20.90 ± 2.52	1.000	0.418
p for trend		< 0.001			< 0.001

The data was described as mean ± standard deviation
D = diopter; DM = diabetic mellitus
p for trend was measured using univariate regression analysis
* Comparisons with the previous age group using one-way ANOVA with Bonferroni correction
^† Comparisons between the control group and the Type 2 DM group for each age group using Student’s t-test

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