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Table 2 Risk factors for recurrence of symblepharon

From: Long-term outcome of allogeneic cultivated limbal epithelial transplantation for symblepharon caused by severe ocular burns

 

No. eyes

B value

SE

P value

RR (95% CI)

Gender

 Male

73

−0.574

0.687

0.403

0.563 (0.146–2.166)

 Female

8

    

Age

 ≤18

12

−0.323

0.528

0.541

0.724 (0.257–2.039)

 >18

68

    

Cause

 Thermal

44

−0.514

0.456

0.260

0.598 (0.245–1.462)

 Chemical

36

    

Time for surgery

 ≤6 months

19

−0.098

0.371

0.792

0.907 (0.438–1.875)

 >6 months

61

    

Grade of symblepharon length

 Grade I/II

20

0.917

0.311

0.003

2.503 (1.360–4.605)

 Grade III

33

    

 Grade IV

27

    

Grade of symblepharon width

 Grade a

20

0.195

0.301

0.517

1.215 (0.674–2.190)

 Grade b

27

    

 Grade c

33

    

Preoperative inflammation

 ≤1+

54

1.003

0.415

0.016

2.726 (1.209–6.147)

 ≥2+

26

    

Loss of normal coneal limbal morphology

 ≤3 quadrants

23

−0.014

0.458

0.976

0.986 (0.402–2.423)

 4 quadrants

57

    

Postoperative PED

 Yes

15

0.444

0.425

0.297

1.558 (0.677–3.588)

 No

65

    

Immune rejection

 Yes

7

0.661

0.839

0.431

1.936 (0.374–10.025)

 No

73

    

Cicatricial entropin and (or) trichiasis

 Yes

33

0.774

0.373

0.038

2.168 (1.044–4.504)

 No

47

    

Incomplete eyelid closure

 Yes

20

0.637

0.387

0.100

1.891 (0.885–4.040)

 No

60