Clinical Features, Risk Factors, and Therapy of Epithelial Keratitis after Cataract Surgery

Table 1

Comparison of the preoperative tear film function between the diabetic and nondiabetic groups.

	Diabetic group (n = 37)	Nondiabetic group (n = 52)	value
Age, y			0.447†
<60	5 (13.51%)	3 (5.77%)
60–70	11 (29.73%)	16 (30.77%)
>70	21 (56.76%)	33 (63.46%)
BUT, s			0.517†
<10	34 (91.89%)	45 (86.54%)
≥10	3 (8.11%)	7 (13.46%)
LTMH, mm
≤0.2	8 (21.62%)	4 (7.69%)	0.068†
>0.2	29 (78.38%)	48 (92.31%)
Meibomian gland atrophy score			<0.001
<2	7 (18.92%)	32 (61.54%)
≥2	30 (81.08%)	20 (38.46%)

y = year; s = second; mm = millimeter. Chi-square test. †Chi-square test with continuity correction.