Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection

Table 1 Characteristics of cases and controls

From: Personality and uveitis

		Cases (N = 93)		Controls (N = 93)		P value
Gender	M: F	53:40		53:40		1.000^a
Age groups (years)	10–20	7	7.5 %	9	9.7 %	0.835^a
	21–30	22	23.7 %	23	24.7 %
	31–40	25	26.9 %	25	26.9 %
	41–50	15	16.1 %	19	20.4 %
	51–60	14	15.1 %	11	11.8 %
	61–75	10	10.8 %	6	6.5 %
Age (years)	Mean ± SD	39.1 ± 14.354		35.6 ± 11.996		0.071^b
Age (years)	(Min–Max)	12–72		18–65
Ethnicity	Hindus	87	93.5 %	88	94.6 %	0.290^a
	Muslim	4	4.3 %	1	1.1 %
	Christian	2	2.2 %	4	4.3 %
Positive personality types	S, C, O, A, I	56	60.2 %	31	33.3 %	<0.001^a
Negative personality types	R, L, U, E, N	37	39.8 %	62	66.7 %	<0.001^a

S sociable, C calm, O organized, A accommodative, I inquisitive, R reserved, L limbic, U unstructured, E egocentric, N non-curious, M male, F female
^aChi-square test
^bStudent’s t test

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