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. 2012 May 16;36(9):1877–1883. doi: 10.1007/s00264-012-1559-9

Table 1.

Tear description

Single row Double row P value
Mean age (years) 55.79 ± 6.3 55.21 ± 5.0 0.664
Gender
 Male 35 33 0.749
 Female 45 47
Shape of the tear
 L-shaped 15 14 0.819
 Inverted L-shaped 11 10
 U-shaped 8 12
 Crescent 46 44
Mean area (mm2) 25.3 ± 8.3 26.2 ± 7.4 0.465
Coded area (mm2)
N (%)
 10–30 51 (49) 53 (51) 0.740
 30–50 29 (51.8) 27 (48.2)