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Table 1 Demographics and Baseline characteristics of participants

From: Efficacy of part-time patching in preventing recurrence after bilateral lateral rectus recession in children with intermittent exotropia

Characteristics

Values

Male:Female, n

90:100

Mean age at operation, yrs, mean ± SD (range)

5.89 ± 2.22 (3.0 to 14.0)

Preoperative baseline characteristics

 

 Exodeviation, PD, mean ± SD (range)

 

  Near

29.36 ± 6.34 (16 to 50)

  Distance

29.15 ± 6.32 (18 to 50)

 Worth 4-dot test, n (%) a

 

 Near

 

  Diplopia

4 (2.3)

  Suppression

66 (38.9)

  Fusion

100 (58.8)

 Distance

 

  Diplopia

9 (5.3)

  Suppression

103 (60.6)

  Fusion

58 (34.1)

 Titmus test, log arcsec, mean ± SD (arcsecond, range) a

2.33 ± 0.64 (40 to 6000)

 Office control ,n (%)

 

  Poor

20 (10.5)

  Fair

170 (89.5)

  Good

0 (0)

Operation amount, mm, mean ± SD (range)

6.68 ± 0.98 (5.0 to 10.0)

Pre-patching baseline characteristics

 

 Best corrected visual acuity, LogMAR, mean ± SD (range)

 

  Right

0.05 ± 0.07 (0 to 0.22)

  Left

0.05 ± 0.07 (0 to 0.22)

 Exodeviation, PD, mean ± SD (range)

 

  Near

10.74 ± 2.52 (8 to 18)

  Distance

10.66 ± 2.62 (8 to 18)

 Office control, n (%)

 

  Poor

0 (0)

  Fair

182 (95.8)

  Good

8 (4.2)

The interval between operation and recurrence, weeks, mean ± SD (range)

58.72 ± 60.51 (4.7 to 253.0)

The interval between operation and patching, weeks, mean ± SD (range)

64.94 ± 63.68 (4.7 to 253.0)

Duration of part-time patching, weeks, mean ± SD (range)

68.08 ± 37.04 (24.0 to 201.7)

Duration of follow-up, weeks, mean ± SD (range)

78.33 ± 42.27 (24.5 to 250.6)

Reoperation, n (%)

34 (17.9)

  1. yrs, years; SD, standard deviation; PD, prism diopters; n, numbers; LogMAR, Logarithmic Minimum angle of resolution; a the total number of subjects was 170 due to missing data.