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Table 6 Univariate analysis: predictors for good visual outcome

From: Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of posterior segment intraocular foreign body in a tertiary hospital

Predictive factors

Final VA

Final VA

P-valuea

> = 20/40

< 20/40

N (%)

N (%)

Mean age (years)

38.5

40

0.388

Sex (male: female)

20:1

34:1

0.614

Initial VA > =20/40

5(100)

0

0.005

Entry site

 Cornea

11(29.7)

26(70.3)

0.145

 Sclera

5(45.5)

6(54.5)

0.730

 Corneosclera

5(62.5)

3(37.5)

0.136

 Lens injury

14(33.3)

28(66.7)

0.343

Retinal injury

 Break

6(30)

14(70)

0.565

 RD

1(14.3)

6(85.7)

0.237

 Hemorrhage

7(36.8)

12(63.2)

0.589

 Endophthalmitis

5(41.7)

7(58.3)

0.493

  1. Abbreviations: RAPD relative afferent pupillary defect, RD rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, VA visual acuity
  2. aMann–Whitney U-test; in others Fisher exact test was used