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. 2018 Sep 11;33(3):353–357. doi: 10.1038/s41433-018-0206-0

Table 2.

Factors associated with needling

Association between XEN alone Odds ratio, 95% CI (p value) XEN + cataract Odds ratio, 95% CI (p value) Overall Odds ratio, 95% CI (p value)
Requirement of needling and-
  Day 1 IOP 1.14, 1.021.28 (0.020) 1.02, 0.97–1.08 (0.376) 1.03, 0.98–1.08 (0.215)
  1 week IOP 1.16, 0.93–1.45 (0.184) 1.05, 0.95–1.15 (0.328) 1.06, 0.97–1.17 (0.179)
  Age 1.00, 0.93–1.07 (0.910) 0.99, 0.95–1.04 (0.983) 1.00, 0.96–1.03 (0.986)
  Type of glaucoma (POAG) 0.60, 0.14–2.42 (0.473) 1.20, 0.49–2.96 (0.683) 0.99, 0.46–2.11 (0.990)
  Type of glaucoma (PEXG) 1.69, 0.40–7.14 (0.471) 0.90, 0.36–2.24 (0.826) 1.05, 0.49–2.27 (0.889)
  Number of preoperative medications 1.18, 0.84–1.64 (0.326) 0.98, 0.81–1.19 (0.906) 1.17, 0.85–1.61 (0.307)
  Baseline mean deviation 1.02, 0.87–1.20 (0.749) 0.99, 0.91–1.09 (0.994) 1.00, 0.93–1.08 (0.881)
  Average RNFL thickness 1.00, 0.95–1.04 (0.991) 0.97, 0.94–1.00 (0.173) 0.98, 0.95–1.00 (0.144)
Number of needlings and-
  Day 1 IOP 1.15, 1.061.26 (0.001) 1.01, 0.97–1.06 (0.435) 0.02, −0.01–0.06 (0.167)
  1 week IOP 1.16, 0.93–1.44 (0.163) 1.03, 0.94–1.12 (0.440) 1.05, 0.97–1.14 (0.209)
  Age 0.98, 0.94–1.04 (0.632) 1.00, 0.96–1.05 (0.976) 1.00, 0.96–1.04 (0.787)
  Type of glaucoma (POAG) 0.79, 0.22–2.81 (0.726) 1.16, 0.52–2.58 (0.706) 1.04, 0.53–2.03 (0.905)
  Type of glaucoma (PEXG) 1.11, 0.32–3.85 (0.862) 0.81, 0.36–1.83 (0.622) 0.89, 0.45–1.74 (0.738)
  Number of preoperative medications 1.01, 0.67–1.52 (0.963) 1.00, 0.71–1.39 (0.984) 1.04, 0.81–1.33 (0.760)
  Baseline mean deviation 1.01, 0.86–1.18 (0.868) 1.01, 0.93–1.11 (0.698) 1.06, 0.94–1.09 (0.684)
  Average RNFL thickness 0.99, 0.96–1.03 (0.982) 0.97, 0.94–1.00 (0.168) 0.98, 0.96–1.00 (0.158)

CI confidence interval, IOP intraocular pressure, POAG primary open-angle glaucoma, PEXG pseudoexfoliative glaucoma; RNFL retinal nerve fiber layer

Bold letters denote statistically significant values