External Dacryocystorhinostomy: Characteristics and Surgical Outcomes in Patients with and without Previous Dacryocystitis

Table 2

Comorbidities.

	No past dacryocystitis	Past dacryocystitis	Total	𝑃 value
Glaucoma, 𝑛	2 (2.2%)	10 (16.7%)	12 (7.8%)	0.002
Past cataract surgery, 𝑛	14 (15.2%)	17 (28.3%)	31 (20.3%)	0.064
Hypertension, 𝑛	48 (52.2%)	27 (45%)	75 (49%)	0.411
Ischemic heart disease, 𝑛	12 (13%)	13 (21.7%)	25 (16.5%)	0.183
Hyperlipidemia, 𝑛	41 (44.6%)	22 (36.7%)	63 (41.4%)	0.400
Diabetes mellitus type 2, 𝑛	22 (23.9%)	15 (25%)	37 (24.3%)	0.513
Hypothyroidism, 𝑛	8 (8.7%)	5 (8.3%)	13 (8.5%)	0.301
Anemia, 𝑛	7 (7.6%)	4 (6.7%)	11 (7.2%)	0.548