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Table 1 Baseline demographics and ocular characteristics

From: Comparison of surgical outcomes of trabeculectomy, Ahmed shunt, and Baerveldt shunt in uveitic glaucoma

 

Total

Trabeculectomy

Ahmed

Baerveldt

p value

 

n = 147 eyes

n = 17 eyes

n = 22 eyes

n = 108 eyes

 

Age (years), M (range)

62 (19–96)

54 (19–72)

61 (22–86)

62 (20–96)

0.15*

Sex, female, % (n)

57 (84)

59 (10)

50 (11)

58 (63)

0.70§

Diabetes, % (n)

14 (20)

6 (1)

9 (2)

16 (17)

0.57

Preop IOP (mmHg), M (range)

35 (19–85)

34 (23–50)

40 (26–58)

33 (19–85)

0.066*

Preop visual acuity (logMAR), M (range)

0.7 (0–3)

0.5 (0–3)

0.6 (0–3)

0.8 (0–3)

0.34*

Preop number of topical glaucoma medications, M (range)

4 (0–5)

4 (0–1)

3 (0–4)

4 (0–5)

0.15*

Preop on systemic glaucoma medications, % (n)

48 (70)

53 (9)

55 (12)

45 (49)

0.66

Preop number of topical anti-inflammatory medications, M (range)

1 (0–3)

1 (0–2)

1 (0–2)

1 (0–3)

0.82*

Preop on systemic immunosuppressants, % (n)

14 (21)

18 (3)

18 (4)

13 (14)

0.63

Prior eye surgery, % (n)

75 (110)

82 (14)

75 (81)

68 (15)

0.60§

Prior glaucoma surgery, % (n)

15 (22)

24 (4)

14 (3)

14 (15)

0.22§

Pseudophakia, % (n)

56 (82)

53 (9)

55 (12)

56 (61)

0.96

Uveitis location, n (%)

 Anterior

127 (86)

13 (76)

20 (90)

94 (87)

 

 Intermediate

4 (3)

1 (6)

0 (0)

3 (3)

 

 Posterior

4 (3)

2 (12)

1 (5)

1 (0.9)

 

 Pan

12 (8)

1 (6)

1 (5)

10 (9)

 

Etiology, n (%)

 Idiopathic

91 (62)

12 (71)

11 (50)

69 (64)

 

 Herpes simplex virus

18 (12)

2 (12)

1 (5)

15 (14)

 

 Sarcoidosis

1 (0.7)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.9)

 

 Birdshot

1 (0.7)

0 (0)

1 (5)

0 (0)

 

 Ankylosing spondylitis

2 (1)

0 (0)

2 (9)

0 (0)

 

 Vogt-Koyanagi syndrome

6 (4)

1 (6)

2 (9)

3 (3)

 

 Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

3 (2)

1 (6)

1 (5)

1 (0.9)

 

 Uveitis-glaucoma-hyphema syndrome

9 (6)

0 (0)

1 (5)

8 (7)

 

 Rheumatoid arthritis

5 (3)

1 (6)

0 (0)

4 (4)

 

 Syphilis

1 (0.7)

0 (0)

1 (5)

0 (0)

 

 Posner-Schlossman syndrome

1 (0.7)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.9)

 

 Fuch’s heterochromic iridocyclitis

1 (0.7)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.9)

 

 Parasite

2 (1)

0 (0)

2 (9)

0 (0)

 

 HLA B27

4 (3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

4 (4)

 

 Tuberculosis

1 (0.7)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.9)

 
  1. IOP intraocular pressure, logMAR logarithm of minimum angle of resolution, HLA human leukocyte antigen
  2. *Kruskal-Wallis test; Fisher’s exact test; §chi-squared test