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Table 2 Baseline characteristics before and after propensity score matching

From: Intraoperative intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection for prevention of postoperative inflammation and complications after phacoemulsification in patients with uveitic cataract

Characteristics

Before matching (n = 140)

After matching (n = 82)

IVTA group

(n = 41)

Control group

(n = 99)

P value

IVTA group

(n = 41)

Control group

(n = 41)

P value

Age, mean(SD), y

42.17 (7.72)

45.90 (10.90)

0.048

42.17 (7.72)

42.07 (8.27)

0.956

Gender, n(%)

  

0.888

  

1.00

Male

21 (51.22)

52 (52.53)

21 (51.22)

21 (51.22)

Female

20 (48.78)

47 (47.47)

20 (48.78)

20 (48.78)

Location of uveitis, n(%)

  

0.599

  

0.647

Anterior

25 (60.98)

65 (65.66)

25 (60.98)

27 (65.85)

Panuveitis

16 (39.02)

34 (34.34)

16 (39.02)

14 (34.15)

Duration of active inflammation, mean(SD), m

7.74 (2.72)

6.77 (4.09)

0.162

7.74 (2.72)

6.99 (3.12)

0.246

Quiescent time of

ocular inflammation, mean(SD), m

7.78 (2.28)

9.35 (3.89)

0.017

7.78 (2.28)

7.39 (2.36)

0.449

Cataract surgery, n(%)

  

0.915

  

1.00

Unilateral

31 (75.60)

74 (74.75)

31 (75.61)

31 (75.60)

Bilateral

10 (24.40)

25 (25.25)

10 (24.39)

10 (24.40)