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Table 3 Relationships between clinical characteristics and postoperative exo-drift

From: Risk factors for excessive postoperative exo-drift after unilateral lateral rectus muscle recession and medial rectus muscle resection for intermittent exotropia

Pre-drift parameter

Correlation coefficient

P value

Age at surgery

0.357

0.004 *

Preoperative angle of deviation at distance

0.296

0.017 *

Preoperative near-distance disparity in deviation

0.240

0.056

Refractive error in the operative eye

−0.191

0.130

Difference between refractive error of both eyes

0.237

0.059

Difference between visual acuity of both eyes

0.223

0.076

Stereoacuity transformed to log arcsec

−0.005

0.971

Peripheral fusion at distance

−0.066

0.604

Peripheral fusion at near

0.064

0.613

Initial postoperative angle of deviation at distance

−0.560

< 0.001 *

Initial postoperative near-distance disparity in deviation

−0.139

0.275

  1. *represents statistical significance (P < 0.05)