Table 2.
Comparison of pre-operative characteristics between patients with post-operative uveitis versus patients without post-operative uveitis.
| Pre-operative characteristics | Total (N = 1587) |
Post-operative uveitis group (n = 104) |
No post-operative uveitis group (n = 1483) |
P valueb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-operative VA, median (range) | 0.48 (−0.18–2.70) | 0.60 (0.00–2.70) | 0.48 (−0.18–2.70) | 0.040* |
| Indicators of hard cataract, n (%)a | ||||
| Brunescent/white cataract | 129 (8.1%) | 10 (9.6%) | 119 (8.0%) | 0.576 |
| No fundal view | 55 (3.5%) | 8 (7.7%) | 47 (3.2%) | 0.024* |
| Co-morbidities, n (%)a | ||||
| Diabetes | 702 (44.2%) | 42 (40.4%) | 660 (44.5%) | 0.475 |
| All ocular co-pathologies | 535 (33.7%) | 44 (42.3%) | 491 (33.1%) | 0.068 |
| Amblyopia | 24 (1.5%) | 0 (0%) | 24 (1.6%) | 0.399 |
| Age-related macular degeneration | 27 (1.7%) | 1 (1.0%) | 26 (1.8%) | 1.00 |
| Corneal pathology | 11 (0.7%) | 2 (1.9%) | 9 (0.6%) | 0.159 |
| Diabetic retinopathy | 147 (9.3%) | 8 (7.7%) | 139 (9.4%) | 0.726 |
| Glaucoma | 86 (5.4%) | 4 (3.8%) | 82 (5.5%) | 0.653 |
| High myopia | 44 (2.8%) | 2 (1.9%) | 42 (2.8%) | 1.00 |
| Other macular pathology | 16 (1.0%) | 2 (1.9%) | 14 (0.9%) | 0.283 |
| Other retinal vascular pathologies | 18 (1.1%) | 2 (1.9%) | 16 (1.1%) | 0.332 |
| Previous surgery (retinal detachment/laser refractive) | 12 0.8%) | 2 (1.9%) | 10 (0.7%) | 0.183 |
| Previous uveitis | 7 (0.4%) | 2 (1.9%) | 5 (0.3%) | 0.072 |
| Pseudoexfoliation syndrome | 23 (1.4%) | 3 (2.9%) | 20 (1.3%) | 0.188 |
VA visual acuity.
aPercentages (%) shown are within each outcome group.
bP values for pre-operative visual acuity calculated using Mann–Whitney U test. P values for indicators of hard cataract and co-morbidities calculated using Fisher’s exact test. Asterisk (*) indicates statistically significant difference between the groups, with P < 0.05.