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Table 1 The baseline features of the two study groups

From: First postoperative day review after uneventful phacoemulsification cataract surgery: Is it necessary?

Continuous variables

NDR group

(n = 146)

NNDR group

(n = 145)

p

mean ± SD

mean ± SD

 

Age (years)

75.4 ± 7.2

75.8 ± 7.0

0.584MWW

BCVA prior to phacoemulsification (logMAR)

0.59 ± 0.13

0.63 ± 0.14

0.193MWW

Categorical and ordinal variables

N (%)

N (%)

 

Sex (male)

73 (50.0)

79 (54.5)

0.444C

Current smoking (yes)

24 (16.4)

20 (13.8)

0.529C

Hypertension (yes)

104 (71.2)

113 (77.9)

0.190C

Diabetes mellitus (yes)

24 (16.4)

23 (15.9)

0.894C

Diabetic retinopathy (yes)

14 (9.6)

11 (7.5)

0.530C

Glaucoma (yes)

13 (8.9)

17 (11.7)

0.429C

Pseudoexfoliation (yes)

44 (30.1)

35 (24.1)

0.250C

Age-related macular degeneration (yes)

11 (7.5)

10 (6.9)

0.834C

  1. MWWp-value derived from Mann–Whitney-Wilcoxon test for independent samples, Cp-value derived from Pearson’s chi-square, Fp-value derived from Fisher’s exact test.