Table 2.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients according to the LIPCOF classification.
| Grade 1 (n = 11) |
Grade 2 (n = 27) |
Grade 3 (n = 19) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 57.2 ± 9.6 | 56.9 ± 14.2 | 65.2 ± 8.9 | 0.055 † |
| Gender (%) | ||||
| Female | 9 (81.8) | 14 (51.9) | 8 (42.1) | 0.102 ‡ |
| Smokers (%) | 2 (18.2) | 5 (18.5) | 7 (36.8) | 0.327 ‡ |
| Exposure to dust (%) | 0.034$ | |||
| Always | 0 (0.0) | 7 (25.9) | 3 (15.8) | |
| Often | 0 (0.0) | 4 (14.8) | 2 (10.5) | |
| Sometimes | 3 (27.3) | 7 (25.9) | 5 (26.3) | |
| None | 8 (72.7) | 9 (33.3) | 9 (47.4) | |
| Eye rubbing (%) | 0.213$ | |||
| Always | 1 (9.1) | 6 (22.2) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Often | 0 (0.0) | 4 (14.8) | 1 (5.3) | |
| Sometimes | 6 (54.5) | 8 (29.6) | 10 (52.6) | |
| None | 4 (36.4) | 9 (33.3) | 8 (42.1) | |
| Axial length | 22.8 (22.6-23.5) | 23.1 (22.3-24.1) | 23.6 (22.7-24.0) | 0.449$ |
| Dermatochalasis (%) | 1 (9.1) | 8 (29.6) | 9 (47.4) | 0.090 ‡ |
ANOVA, analysis of variance; LIPCOF, lid-parallel conjunctival folds.
†
One-way ANOVA.
‡
Pearson’s chi-square test.
$
Kruskal–Wallis test.
Values given in bold indicate statistically significant results (p < 0.05).