Table 1:
Ocular findings in leprosy patients
| Findings | No. of eyes | Total (n = 384) No (%) |
χ2 P value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Right (n = 192) | Left (n = 192) | |||
| Lid involvement | 54 | 48 | 102 (26.5) | 0.48 0.488 |
| Lagophthalmos | 60 | 30 | 90 (23.0) | 13.06 0.001 |
| Corneal opacity | 42 | 42 | 84 (21.9) | 0.00 1.00 |
| Uveitis | 30 | 48 | 78 (20.0) | 5.21 0.02 |
| Cataract | 24 | 30 | 54 (14.0) | 0.78 0.378 |
| Retinal lesions | 0 | 12 | 12 (3.0) | 0.001 |
| Phthisis bulbi | 0 | 6 | 6 (1.6) | 0.03 |
| VA <6/60 | 90 | 102 | 102 (50%) | 1.50 0.2206 |
FEP = Fisher exact probability;
* = statistically significant; VA = visual acuity