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Table 1 Demographics of Subjects

From: Effects of excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy in limbal-conjunctival autograft transplantation for recurrent pterygium: a retrospective case control study

 

PTK (N = 39)

Control (N = 60)

p value

Age (mean ± SD)

55.1 ± 10.1

57.5 ± 9.9

0.240*

Sex (male/female)

15/24

23/37

0.307#

Number of previous pterygium surgeries

 1

35.9% (14/39)

45.0% (27/60)

0.359

 2

38.5% (15/39)

41.7% (25/60)

 3

17.9% (7/39)

11.7% (7/60)

 4

7.7% (3/39)

1.7% (1/60)

  1. * two-tailed t test; #Chi-square test; Fisher’s exact test
  2. p-values less than 0.05 are considered significant
  3. PTK Excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy