Table 3.

Comparisons of Characteristics with the Status of Cataracts among 66 Eyes from 39 Patients with Uveitis

Characteristics	Status of Cataract
	Presence*	Absence	P†
Any cataract
Eyes (n)	34	32
Age (y)			0.001
Mean ± SD	53.1 ± 8.5	39.3 ± 13.6
Median (range)	53.5 (31–71)	42.5 (16–67)
Duration of disease (mo)			0.056
Mean ± SD	100.8 ± 103.0	47.2 ± 68.7
Median (range)	52 (1–350)	12 (1–265)
Active uveitis, n (%)‡	24 (71%)	17 (53%)	0.342
Cortical cataract
Eyes (n)	13	53
Age (y)			0.085
Mean ± SD	53.9 ± 11.1	44.6 ± 13.0
Median (range)	53 (31–71)	46 (16–67)
Duration of disease (mo)			0.367
Mean ± SD	57.1 ± 54.8	79.2 ± 98.3
Median (range)	48 (1–139)	36 (1–350)
Active uveitis, n (%)‡	10 (77%)	31 (58%)	0.214
Nuclear cataract
Eyes (n)	25	41
Age (y)			0.0004
Mean ± SD	54.7 ± 7.6	41.4 ± 13.3
Median (range)	54 (44–71)	43 (16–67)
Duration of disease (mo)			0.141
Mean ± SD	108.0 ± 115.7	54.6 ± 66.8
Median (range)	48 (1–350)	13 (1–265)
Active Uveitis, n (%)‡	17 (68%)	24 (59%)	0.351
PSC cataract
Eyes (n)	22	44
Age (y)			0.002
Mean ± SD	54.8 ± 8.4	42.3 ± 13.2
Median (range)	54 (42–71)	45 (16–67)
Duration of disease (mo)			0.186
Mean ± SD	110.0 ± 115.9	57.2 ± 71.7
Median (range)	52 (5–350)	13 (1–265)
Active uveitis, n (%)‡	18 (82%)	23 (52%)	0.087

^*Presence of cortical cataract is defined as grade 2 or higher, presence of nuclear cataract is defined as grade 3 or higher of nuclear sclerosis, and presence of PSC cataract is defined as grade 2 or higher of PSC cataract. Presence of any cataract is defined as the presence of cortical cataract, nuclear cataract, or PSC cataract, as described above.

^†All probabilities were based on logistic regression models with generalized estimating equation (GEE) of compound symmetry covariance structure to account for correlations between two eyes of individual patients.

^‡Percentage of eyes with active uveitis among eyes with or without cataracts.