Control group

Study group

p value

Age (in years)

72.8 ± 7.0

73.7 ± 8.6

0.2

Sex (female/male)

4:26

7:23

0.1

Race (African American/ Caucasian)

26:4

1:29

0.001

Aqueous VEGF levels (in picogram)

3.7 ± 1.3

6 ± 3

0.002

Aqueous IL-6 levels (in picogram)

5.1 ± 2.2

17.1 ± 21.3

<0.0001