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. 2025 Feb 4;19:373–383. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S493398

Table 3.

Flare Preoperatively and Six Months Postoperatively

Parameter, Flare (ph/ms) Hydrophilic IOL Hydrophobic IOL p-value
Preoperatively
Uveitis, n (eyes) = 51
 Mean ± SD 35.0 ± 84.8 20.0 ± 28.0 0.41a
 Median (IQR) 12.0 (6.1–21.6) 10.8 (7.1–21.1) 0.94b
No uveitis, n (eyes) = 37
 Mean ± SD 9.7 ± 4.5 9.1 ± 4.2 0.70a
 Median (IQR) 8.8 (6.4–13.6) 8.1 (5.3–12.6) 0.68b
Six months postoperatively
Uveitis, n (eyes) = 47
 Mean ± SD 26.1 ± 49.0 19.9 ± 32.1 0.62a
 Median (IQR) 10.6 (8.5–19.3) 12.8 (8.0–17.1) 0.98b
No uveitis, n (eyes) = 36
 Mean ± SD 8.9 ± 5.9 9.0 ± 5.0 0.97a
 Median (IQR) 6.4 (5.4–10.8) 7.4 (5.9–12.5) 0.50b
Flare changec
Uveitis, n (eyes) = 46
 Mean ± SD 6.7 ± 26.7 −0.9 ± 13.8 0.25a
 Median (IQR) 1.3 (−2.0–5.0) 1.2 (−2.8–3.6) 0.58b
No uveitis, n (eyes) = 35
 Mean ± SD −0.9 ± 4.2 −0.2 ± 4.7 0.66a
 Median (IQR) −1.4 (−4.3–2.7) 0.2 (−3.6–2.6) 0.50b
Flare diffd mean ± SD
Uveitis, n (patients) = 17 −3.2 ± 20.7 53e
No uveitis, n (patients) = 15 −0.6 ± 7.5 77e

Notes: aIndependent samples t-test; bMann–Whitney U Test; cSix months postoperatively compared to preoperatively; dDifference between hydrophobic and hydrophilic IOLs at six months in patients undergoing bilateral surgery; ePaired samples t-test.

Abbreviations: Ph/ms, photon counts per millisecond; IQR, interquartile range.