Table 3.

Multivariate analysis subscale score for baseline predictors of IND-VFQ

Subscale	Mobility		Activity limitation		Psychosocial		Visual function
Predictor	Coef (95% CI)	p Value	Coef (95% CI)	p Value	Coef (95% CI)	p Value	Coef (95% CI)	p Value
Age	−0.18 (−0.34 to −0.01)	0.04	−0.17 (−0.31 to −0.02)	0.001	−0.15 (−0.40 to 0.10)	0.25	−0.22 (−0.45 to 0.003)	0.001
Employment status	−20.4 (−38.2 to −2.7)	0.02	−27.0 (−42.6 to −11.3)	0.001	−36.3 (−63.3 to −9.2)	0.009	−30.2 (−54.6 to −5.8)	0.02
BSCVA
Affected	−1.3 (−1.8 to −0.7)	<0.001	−0.8 (−1.3 to −0.3)	0.002	−1.5 (−3.3 to −0.7)	<0.001	−1.2 (−5.0 to −2.0)	0.002
Unaffected	−0.6 (−1.6 to 4.4)	0.25	−1.0 (−2.0 to −0.7)	0.04	−1.7 (−3.4 to −0.3)	0.04	−1.7 (−3.2 to −2.3)	0.02
Baseline infiltrate/ scar*	−0.97 (−2.7 to 0.75)	0.27	−1.3 (−2.7 to 0.23)	0.10	−2.2 (−4.8 to 0.4)	0.09	−3.8 (−6.2 to −1.5)	0.001
Organism†	−6.9 (−11.6 to −2.1)	0.005	−7.2 (−11.4 to −3.0)	0.001	−7.8 (−15.0 to −0.53)	0.035	−4.5 (−11.1 to 2.0)	0.17
TPK	−21.0 (−26.4 to −15.7)	<0.001	−22.5 (−27.2 to −17.7)	<0.001	−30.6 (−38.7 to −22.4)	<0.001	−26.1 (−33.5 to −18.7)	<0.001

^*Geometrical mean of the longest diameter and longest perpendicular diameter in millimetres.

^†Aspergillus versus non-Aspergillus species as aetiological organism of ulcer.

BSCVA, best spectacle-corrected visual acuity; IND-VFQ, Indian visual function questionnaire; TPK, therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty.