Continuation of Aspirin Therapy before Cataract Surgery with Different Incisions: Safe or Not?

Table 1

Demographic characteristics.

Parameter	Continuation group	Discontinuation group	Control group	value
Patients,	81	85	94	—
Eye,	112	124	121	—
Sex,				0.223^a
Male	46	39	42
Female	35	46	52
Age, year				0.193^b
Mean ± SD	75.2 ± 8.6	76.3 ± 7.3	74.5 ± 8.0
Range	50–93	55–90	58–89
BCVA, logMAR				0.165^b
Mean ± SD	0.58 ± 0.19	0.61 ± 0.18	0.62 ± 0.17
IOP, mmHg				0.210^b
Mean ± SD	15.9 ± 2.6	15.2 ± 2.6	15.6 ± 2.9
Aspirin duration, month				0.119^c
Median (IQR)	60 (24–96)	60 (36–120)	—
Type of incision,				0.706^a
Corneal incision	57	60	65
Scleral incision	55	64	56

BCVA = best-corrected visual acuity; IOP = intraocular pressure; ^achi-square test; ^bStudent’s t-test; ^CWilcoxon rank sum test.