Table 2.
Patient demographics, characteristics and follow up times.
| Suture | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient and procedure characteristic | Prolene (%) | Vicryl (%) | Total N (%) | P value |
| Average patient age (years) | 82.3 | 80.4 | 81.4 | 0.000 |
| Caucasian patients | 424/475 (89.3) | 415/416 (99.8) | 839/891 (94.1) | 0.000 |
| Female patients | 182/475 (38.3) | 142/416 (34.1) | 324/891 (36.3) | 0.196 |
| Primary aetiology: ectropion | 303/588 (51.5) | 366/491 (74.5) | 669/1079 (62.0) | 0.000 |
| Procedures performed by consultant | 360/588 (61) | 244/491 (49.7) | 604/1079 (56.0) | 0.000 |
| Immunosupressed patients | 39/475 (8.2) | 14/416 (3.4) | 53/891 (5.9) | 0.004 |
| Diebetic patients | 74/475 (15.6) | 70/416 (16.8) | 144/891 (16.2) | 0.421 |
| Patients on anticoagulants/antiplatlets | 110/475 (23.2) | 99/416 (23.8) | 209/891 (23.5) | 0.547 |
| Follow up period | 1.95 years | 1.62 years | 1.785 years | N/A |
Bold values represent values that are statistically significant.