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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 5.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Ophthalmol. 2009 Nov;127(11):1505–1510. doi: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2009.278

Table 2.

Baseline Characteristics of 790 Eyes That Had Surgery and 88 Fellow Eyes That Did Not

Characteristic No. (%)
Surgery (n=790) No Surgery (n=88)
Mean (SD) logMARa 0.778 (0.576) 0.720 (0.619)
Mean visual acuity 20/120 20/105
Median logMAR 0.574 0.477
Median visual acuity 20/75 20/60
Visual acuitya
 20/40 or better 159 (20.3) 26 (29.6)
 <20/40–20/60 181 (23.2) 20 (22.7)
 <20/60–<20/200 236 (30.2) 21 (23.9)
 20/200–20/400 44 (5.6) 3 (3.4)
 <20/400–200/800 46 (5.9) 4 (4.6)
 HM 89 (11.4) 6 (6.8)
 LP or NLP 27 (3.5) 8 (9.1)
Evidence of epilation NA
 No 164 (20.8)
 Yes 626 (79.2)
Entropion NA
 Mild 451 (57.1)
 Moderate 215 (27.2)
 Severe 124 (15.7)
No. of lashes touching the globe NA
 None (epilate all) 218 (27.6)
 1–4 262 (33.2)
 5–9 159 (20.1)
 ≥10 151 (19.1)
No. of lashes touching the cornea NA
 None (epilate all) 218 (27.6)
 0 30 (3.8)
 1–4 309 (39.1)
 5–9 121 (15.3)
 ≥10 112 (14.2)

Abbreviations: HM, hand motion; LP, light perception only; NA, not applicable; NLP, no light perception.

a

Eight eyes that had surgery were missing values.