Table 3 Variables associated significantly with laterality.
From: The effect of sex and laterality on the phenotype of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
Variable | Right | Left | p |
|---|---|---|---|
Age, years (mean, SD, min–max) | 60, 13 (16–94) | 59, 14 (16–100) | 0.006 |
Visual acuity, logMAR (mean, SD, min–max) | 0.944, 0.918 (−0.18 to 3) | 1.009, 0.931 (−0.2 to 2.6) | 0.004 |
Refraction, dioptres (mean, SD, min–max) | −2.842, 3.906 (−25 to +7.75) | −2.935, 4.140 (−30 to +7) | <0.001 |
Duration visual loss—Foveal involving (Days) (median, IQR, min–max) | 6, 3–14, 0–342 | 5, 3–12, 0–324 | |
Previous or concomitant fellow eye RD (%) | 8.0% | 10.2% | 0.006 |
Foveal sparing (%) | 50.4% | 49.2% | 0.007 |
Isolated Temporal RD (%) | 32.2% | 28.8% | <0.001 |
Isolated Nasal RD (%) | 6.8% | 8.3% | 0.014 |
Largest Break Size greater than 1 clock hour (%) | 13.5% | 12.7% | 0.018 |
Temporal retinal breaks lowest (%) | 63.4% | 58.9% | <0.001 |
Nasal retinal breaks lowest (%) | 21.0% | 24.0% | 0.002 |
