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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Comparison of power-free-chop and phaco-chop techniques for moderate nuclei

Characteristic

Group 1 (Power-free-chop) (n = 30)

Group 2 (Phaco-chop) (n = 30)

P Value

Age (y)

70.26 ± 5.60

71.5 ± 5.59

0.396*

Sex (male/female)

12/18

14/16

0.602†

Right eye/left eye

15/15

16/14

0.796†

Preoperative visual acuity (LogMar)

0.56 ± 0.21

0.61 ± 0.18

0.328*

Follow-up period (d)

63.50 ± 16.88

64.43 ± 15.26

0.823*

Preoperative corneal thickness (μm)

534.7 ± 38.37

543.5 ± 37.22

0.371*

  1. Mean ± SD
  2. *Independent-samples t-test
  3. †Chi-square test