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Published in final edited form as: Br J Ophthalmol. 2011 Oct 6;96(1):10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300441. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300441

Table 1. Baseline characteristics between men and women.

Characteristic	Men (N=79)	Women (N=41)	Total (N=120)	p Value
Age in years, median (IQR)	48 (35 to 59)	50 (38 to 55)	49 (35 to 57.5)	0.66^*
Duration of symptoms in days, median (IQR)	6 (4 to 10)	5 (4 to 7)	5 (4 to 8)	0.07^*
Causative organism
Fusarium spp, N (%)	29 (37)	15 (37)	44 (37)	0.87^†
Aspergillus spp, N (%)	11 (14)	6 (14)	17 (14)
Other,^* N (%)	39 (49)	20 (49)	59 (49)
History of trauma, N (%)	44 (56)	21 (51)	65 (54)	0.70^†
History of vegetative matter injury, N (%)	20 (25)	10 (24)	30 (25)	1.0^†
Agricultural occupation, N (%)	42 (53)	21 (51)	63 (52)	0.85^†
Epithelial defect size, in mm, at baseline, median (IQR)	3.1 (2.0 to 3.9)	2.4 (1.7 to 3.7)	2.8 (2.0 to 3.9)	0.16^*
Infiltrate/scar size, in mm, at baseline, median (IQR)	3.8 (2.7 to 5.2)	3.1 (2.3 to 4.3)	3.6 (2.3 to 5.1)	0.09^*
Baseline visual acuity, logMAR, median (IQR)	0.68 (0.40 to 1.7)	0.72 (0.44 to 1.7)	0.71 (0.42 to 1.7)	0.96^*

Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

^†

Fisher exact test.

Includes Curvularia spp, Bipolaris spp, Exserohilum spp, Lasiodiplodia spp, Alternaria spp, Scedosporium spp and unidentified fungi.