Table 2.
The Relationship between Entropion Grade and Lash Burden and Type
| Characteristic | Entropion Grade |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Lash burden | |||||
| 0 (epilating) | 251 (25.8) | 235 (17.9) | 206 (16.0) | 17 (4.1) | 29 (9.5) |
| 1–5 | 704 (69.1) | 837 (63.8) | 711 (56.5) | 159 (38.2) | 84 (27.4) |
| 6–9 | 40 (3.9) | 158 (12.0) | 211 (16.8) | 88 (21.2) | 45 (14.7) |
| 10–19 | 19 (2.0) | 64 (4.9) | 104 (8.3) | 104 (25.0) | 44 (14.3) |
| 20+ | 2 (0.2) | 18 (1.4) | 27 (2.1) | 48 (11.5) | 105 (34.2) |
| Lash type | |||||
| None (epilating) | 251 (24.7) | 235 (17.9) | 206 (16.4) | 17 (4.1) | 29 (9.5) |
| Metaplastic only | 528 (52.0) | 631 (48.1) | 540 (42.9) | 9 (2.2) | 1 (0.3) |
| Misdirected only | 167 (16.4) | 256 (19.5) | 272 (21.6) | 14 (3.4) | 1 (0.3) |
| Metaplastic + misdirected | 70 (6.9) | 190 (14.5) | 179 (14.2) | 8 (1.90) | 0 (0.0) |
| Entropic with/without aberrant lashes* | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 62 (4.9) | 368 (88.5) | 276 (89.9) |
| Total | 1018 (100) | 1312 (100) | 1257 (100) | 416 (100) | 307 (100) |
*
Metaplastic and/or misdirected