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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 19.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2008 Jul;115(7):1109–1116.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.03.033

Table 5.

Hazard Ratios (%95 Confidence Intervals) from Cox Proportional Hazards Analysis of Adverse Outcomes

Severe adverse outcomes Less severe adverse outcomes Subsequent operations Endophthalmitis Corneal edema Blindness/low vision






1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
Primary Trabeculectomy 0.31 (0.26–0.38) 0.49 (0.38–0.62) 0.26 (0.22–0.31) 0.33 (0.27–0.39) 0.70 (0.59–0.83) 0.90 (0.74–1.10) 0.28 (0.24–0.48) 0.53 (0.33–0.86) 0.15 (0.12–0.19) 0.20 (0.16–0.26) 0.33 (0.27–0.41) 0.61 (0.47–0.78)
Trabeculectomy with scarring 0.46 (0.34–0.54) 0.54 (0.42–0.69) 0.46 (0.39–0.55) 0.49 (0.41–0.59) 1.10 (0.91–1.32) 1.23 (1.01–1.50) 0.41 (0.26–0.65) 0.56 (0.35–0.91) 0.31 (0.25–0.40) 0.34 (0.27–0.44) 0.57 (0.45–0.72) 0.81 (0.63–1.03)
Prior diagnosis/procedure
    Severe adverse Outcome 1.18 (0.85–1.63) 0.95 (0.68–1.31) 1.11 (0.48–2.57) 1.05 (0.67–1.66) 1.23 (0.85–1.79)
    Less severe Outcome 1.53 (1.15–2.02) 1.27 (1.01–1.59) 1.66 (0.98–2.80) 1.54 (0.81–2.93) 1.54 (1.18–2.00)
    Age-related macular degeneration 0.99 (0.80–1.21) 0.99 (0.85–1.16) 0.99 (0.86–1.15) 1.05 (0.70–1.57) 0.99 (0.79–1.25) 1.50 (1.25–1.80)
    Intra-ocular surgical procedure 1.07 (0.89–1.29) 1.00 (0.87–1.15) 0.87 (0.76–0.99) 1.07 (0.75–1.54) 1.16 (0.95–1.41) 1.03 (0.86–1.23)
    Neovascular glaucoma 1.29 (0.72–2.29) 0.44 (0.23–0.87) 0.69 (0.37–1.27) 1.25 (0.43–3.67) 0.51 (0.22–1.17) 2.11 (1.29–3.45)
    Uveitic glaucoma 1.26 (0.76–2.08) 1.28 (0.87–1.87) 1.07 (0.73–1.55) 0.53 (0.13–2.16) 1.55 (0.95–2.55) 1.51 (0.98–2.34)
    Narrow angle glaucoma 1.17 (0.83–1.64) 1.42 (1.12–1.80) 1.24 (1.00–1.54) 0.99 (0.48–2.04) 1.23 (0.85–1.80) 1.48 (1.09–2.03)
    Suspect glaucoma 1.09 (0.84–1.42) 0.90 (0.73–1.11) 0.84 (0.70–1.02) 1.50 (0.95–2.36) 0.91 (0.65–1.26) 0.98 (0.74–1.29)
    Other glaucoma 1.06 (0.81–1.38) 1.21 (1.00–1.47) 0.95 (0.79–1.14) 0.44 (0.20–0.95) 1.30 (0.98–1.73) 1.45 (1.15–1.84)
    Diabetic retinopathy 1.33 (0.87–2.04) 0.69 (0.46–1.03) 0.95 (0.67–1.35) 1.28 (0.56–2.92) 0.74 (0.43–1.26) 1.41 (0.97–2.06)
    Same day cataract surgery 0.64 (0.52–0.77) 0.63 (0.55–0.73) 0.64 (0.57–0.72) 0.43 (0.29–0.65) 0.61 (0.49–0.77) 0.58 (0.48–0.71)
Demographic Characteristics
    Age 1.02 (1.00–1.03) 1.01 (1.00–1.02) 0.99 (0.98–1.00) 1.02 (0.99–1.05) 1.02 (1.00–1.04) 1.04 (1.02–1.05)
    Male 1.15 (0.97–1.35) 1.08 (0.95–1.22) 1.00 (0.90–1.12) 1.04 (0.74–1.46) 0.91 (0.75–1.10) 1.11 (0.94–1.31)
    Black 0.79 (0.63–1.00) 0.88 (0.74–1.04) 1.05 (0.91–1.21) 1.01 (0.65–1.56) 0.80 (0.61–1.04) 1.73 (1.43–2.09)
    Other 0.77 (0.48–1.21) 1.17 (0.88–1.56) 0.88 (0.65–1.18) 0.52 (0.17–1.65) 1.68 (1.15–2.45) 1.44 (0.99–2.09)

Notes: 1 = Not including prior diagnosis/procedure or demographic characteristics; 2 = includes all covariates.