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Table 5 Correlation between the final best corrected visual acuity and other clinical variables

From: Clinical profile and outcomes of management of orbital cellulitis in Upper Egypt

Clinical variables

Final best corrected visual acuity

r a

P value

SPA

−0.437

0.002*

Age

−0.353

0.014*

Hospital stay

−0.519

<0.001*

RAPD

−0.558

<0.001*

Surgical interference

−0.491

<0.001*

Corneal affection

−0.605

<0.001*

Fever

0.300

0.038*

Sinusitis

0.290

0.046*

Mucormycosis

−0.290

0.046*

Dental affection

−0.314

0.018*

Distant infection

−0.431

0.002*

Panophthalmitis

−0.216

0.140

Penetration eye trauma

−0.080

0.587

Trauma + foreign body

−0.056

0.704

  1. SPA subperiosteal abscess, RAPD relative afferent pupillary defect
  2. aSpearman’s rho correlation
  3. *Significant correlation at P value ≤0.05