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. 2024 Oct 23;10(21):e39623. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e39623

Table 3.

Prognosis of MU after keratoplasty.

Recurrent group (n = 25) (37.3 %) Nonrecurrent group (n = 42) (62.7 %) X2 P
Eye category 0.44004 0.507
 Right 11 (44.0 %) 22 (52.4 %)
 Left 14 (56.0 %) 20 (47.6 %)
Age 49.5 ± 15.2 56.1 ± 16.1
Sex 0.3614 0.548
 Male 13 (52.0 %) 25 (69.5 %)
 Female 12 (48.0 %) 17 (40.5 %)
Ocular trauma or surgery 4.751 0.029∗
Yes 2 (8.0 %) 13(30.1 %)
No 23 (92.0 %) 29 (69.9 %)
Perforation 7.57 0.006∗
Yes 12 (48.0 %) 7(16.7 %)
No 13(52.0 %) 35(83.3 %)
Clock hours of ulcer involved cornea 2.017 0.569
−3 clock hours 2(8.0 %) 5(11.9 %)
−6 clock hours 12(48.0 %) 18(42.9 %)
−9 clock hours 7(28.0 %) 15(35.7 %)
−12 clock hours 4(16.0 %) 4 (9.5 %)
Depth of the ulcer(CT) 9.299 0.010∗
−1/3 6(24.0 %) 21(50.0 %)
−2/3 6(24.0 %) 13(31.0 %)
−1 13(52.0 %) 8(19.0 %)

CT, Corneal thickness; ∗, P < 0.05, there was statistically significant differences.