Table 1 Demographic data of eyes randomized into each treatment arm and for the total cohort. Data are means ± standard deviations or numbers (%). FLACS femtosecond-laser assisted cataract surgery, LOCS Lens Opacities Classification System, qAF quantitative autofluorescence.

From: Influence of lens opacities and cataract severity on quantitative fundus autofluorescence as a secondary outcome of a randomized clinical trial

 

FLACS (n = 53 eyes)

Phacoemulsification (n = 53 eyes)

Total cohort (n = 106 eyes)

Age (years)

70.9 ± 7

70.9 ± 7

70.9 ± 7

Sex (Female)

35 (66%)

35 (66%)

35 (66%)

Laterality (Left eye)

27 (51%)

26 (49%)

53 (50%)

Axial length (mm)

23.77 ± 1.33

23.73 ± 1.3

23.73 ± 1.26

Baseline qAF (qAF units)

86.49 ± 44.09

92.41 ± 45.92

89.45 ± 44.9

LOCS III gradings

Nuclear color (NC)

2.51 ± 1.23

2.47 ± 1.20

2.5 ± 1.2

Nuclear opalescence (NO)

2.51 ± 1.23

2.45 ± 1.22

2.5 ± 1.2

Cortical (C)

2.21 ± 1.0

2.09 ± 0.99

2.2 ± 1.0

Posterior subcapsular (P)

1.32 ± 1.58

1.06 ± 1.38

1.2 ± 1.5

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