Ophthalmic findings in postmenopausal Korean women with or without ERT.

The values represent the means ± SD or percentages (SE).
The independent 2-sample t test was used for continuous variables and the χ2 test was used for categorical variables.
ERT, estrogen replacement therapy.
*As measured in the eye with the highest IOP value (the most affected eye); †Defined as more than 21 mmHg; ‡Defined as more than 0.5 in either the horizontal or vertical dimension; §Nuclear, cortical, posterior subcapsular, anterior polar, and mixed cataracts in individuals with the same type of opacity bilaterally; ≠Severe pterygia was defined as grade 2 and 3 pterygia; ΦDiabetic retinopathy was defined as the presence of 1 or more retinal microaneurysms or retinal blot hemorrhages with or without more severe lesions (hard exudate, soft exudate, intraretinal microvascular abnormalities, venous bleeding, neovascularization, or fibroglial proliferation).
Ophthalmic findings in postmenopausal Korean women with or without ERT.