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Table 2 Risk factors for cataract progression after PPV

From: Cataract progression after primary pars plana vitrectomy for uncomplicated rhegmatogenous retinal detachments in young adults

  

Cataract Rate

NSC Rate

PSC Rate

Time to Cataract Development (Days)

Age

< 35 years old

7/11 (64%)

2/11 (18%)

6/11 (54%)

300 ± 467

≥ 35 years old

13/17 (76%)

11/17 (65%)

7/17 (41%)

110 ± 147

p-value

0.672

0.024*

0.700

0.140

Refraction

Myopia

6/8 (75%)

5/8 (63%)

4/8 (50%)

139 ± 99

High myopia

8/11 (73%)

5/11 (45%)

4/11 (36%)

244 ± 470

p-value

1.00

0.645

0.658

0.181

PVD

Present

14/18 (78%)

9/18 (50%)

10/18 (56%)

230 ± 380

Absent

6/10 (60%)

4/10 (40%)

4/10 (40%)

94 ± 71

p-value

0.4

0.695

0.706

0.902

Macula Status

On

6/12 (50%)

3/12 (25%)

3/12 (25%)

324 ± 507

Off

14/16 (88%)

12/16 (75%)

9/16 (56%)

114 ± 140

p-value

0.044*

0.020*

0.136

0.412

Surgical Time

< 60 min

9/13 (69%)

5/13 (38%)

5/13 (38%)

288 ± 456

≥ 60 min

11/15 (73%)

8/15 (53%)

7/15 (43%)

102 ± 94

p-value

1.00

0.476

0.712

0.840

  1. Key: NSC, nuclear sclerotic cataract; PSC, posterior subcapsular cataract; PPV, pars plana vitrectomy; PVD, posterior vitreous detachment. * denotes a statistically significant p-value