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Published in final edited form as: Br J Ophthalmol. 2008 Apr 17;92(6):810–813. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2007.126227

Table 4.

Results of intraocular pressure (I0P) changes after intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection stratified by the groups and the vitreous status

	No. of patients with IOP >21 mm Hg or increased by 5 mm Hg				Time to IOP >21 mm Hg (days) mean (SD)			Value of first elevated IOP mm Hg mean (SD)
Group	Vit	No vit	p Value	Total	Vit	No vit	p Value	Vit	No vit	p Value
4 mg	6/11 (54%)	17/40 (43%)	0.5^*	23/51 (46%)	27 (43)	61 (52)	0.17^†	27.8 (6.2) (M 25)	27.4 (4.8) (M 28)	0.87^†
20 mg	3/24 (13%)	9/17 (53%)	0.013^*	12/41 (30%)	104 (56)	119 (82)	0.77^†	25.7 (4.6) (M 23)	23.9 (2.0) (M 24)	0.35^†
p Value (4 vs 20 mg)	0.015^*	0.57^*		0.14^*	0.055^†	0.04^†		0.60^†	0.048^†

M, median; No vit, non-vitrectomised; Vit, vitrectomised.

Fisher exact test.

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t Test.