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Table 3 Cardiovascular risk factors among patients with CRAO in this study

From: Anterior chamber paracentesis after central retinal artery occlusion: a tenable therapy?

 

Paracentesis

No paracentesis

 
 

≤ 6 h

7–24 h

>24 h

all pat.

all pat.

p

 

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

 

Arterial hypertension

81.8

82.9

76.9

81.4

80.0

0.9

Hyperlipidaemia

36.4

20.0

23.1

23.7

13.3

0.6

Diabetes mellitus

9.1

14.3

15.4

13.6

33.3

0.1

Atrial fibrillation

9.1

2.9

7.7

5.1

20.0

0.1

CHD/valvular heart disease

9.1

28.6

15.4

22.0

20.0

0.9

History of embolic event

18.2

11.4

15.4

13.6

26.7

0.2

  1. The p-values indicate that the distribution of risk factors was random and evenly distributed among the patients with and without paracentesis.