Table 1 Patient demographics and baseline characteristics.

From: To investigate endoscopic membranous nasolacrimal duct resection combined with retrograde lacrimal stent placement in the treatment of extremely inferior lacrimal duct obstruction

Characteristic

Treatment

p-valueb

Experimental group, N = 27a

Control group, N = 271

Sex

 Female

25 (93%)

22 (81%)

0.420

 Male

2 (7%)

5 (19%)

Age

 Mean ± SD

60 ± 14

60 ± 12

0.992

Eye

 Right

16 (59%)

14 (52%)

0.584

 Left

11 (41%)

13 (48%)

Course of disease

 Median (IQR)

3.0 (1.5, 10.0)

5.0 (1.5, 10.0)

0.523

  1. an (%).
  2. bFisher’s exact test; Welch Two Sample t-test; Pearson’s Chi-squared test; Wilcoxon rank sum test.
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