Table 1.

Comparison of baseline characteristics among four groups

Characteristics	Group A1 (n = 15)	Group A2 (n = 14)	P₁*	Group B1 (n = 12)	Group B2 (n = 12)	P₂*
Gender, No.			0.860			0.105
Male	7	7		5	9
Female	8	7		7	3
Age (years)	55.07 ± 10.21	59.14 ± 12.34	0.340	57.58 ± 9.28	53.58 ± 6.91	0.244
Affected eye, No.			0.579			0.105
Left	8	6		3	7
Right	7	8		9	5
Hypopyon, No.			0.682			0.351
None	11	11		8	5
< 0.5 mm	1	0		0	1
≥ 0.5 mm	3	3		4	6
Disease duration(days)	11.0(10.0,16.0)	28.0(10.3,31.5)	0.105	22.0(10.0,33.0)	29.5(15.0,51.3)	0.154
Systemic diseases, No.	2	1	0.591	0	2	0.148
Previous antifungal therapy, No.	5	3	0.481	4	6	0.408

*P¹, P²: Statistical results comparing baseline characteristics between A1 vs. A2 groups and B1 vs. B2 groups, respectively; categorical variables analyzed using Fisher’s exact test, continuous variables using independent samples t-test or Mann-Whitney U test as appropriate

ᵃIncludes diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and chronic gastritis