Long-Term Effects of Cataract Surgery on Tear Film Parameters

Table 1

Demographic information of study population (patients who had cataract surgery in one eye and no history of surgery in the other eye). (SD: standard deviation).

Number of patients		29
Age, mean (SD) (range)		73.2 (10.7) (58–93)
Race
White, n (%)		26 (90%)
Black		3 (10%)
Ethnicity
Hispanic, n (%)		7 (24%)
Not Hispanic		22 (76%)
Smoking status
Never, n (%)		10 (35%)
Former		14 (48%)
Current		5 (17%)
Health status
Excellent, n (%)		2 (7%)
Good		19 (66%)
Fair		7 (24%)
Poor		1 (3%)
Days after surgery, mean (SD) (range)		952 (1109) (95–3650)