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Table 4 Risk factors of HEs aggravation following IVR by Logistic regression analysis

From: Aggravation of retinal hard exudates after intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy for cystoid macular edema and the risk factors: a retrospective study

Risk factors

Univariate

Multivariate

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

TG (mmol/L)

1.04 (0.72–1.44)

0.753

1.03 (0.92–1.14)

0.621

TC (mmol/L)

1.08 (1.01–1.28)

0.045*

1.06 (0.65–1.77)

0.320

HDL-C (mmol/L)

0.87 (0.44–1.79)

0.268

0.62 (0.10–1.92)

0.601

LDL-C (mmol/L)

1.37 (1.06–2.01)

0.001**

1.14 (1.03–1.97)

0.021*

Duration of CME(m)

1.98 (1.45–2.23)

0.046*

1.88 (1.01–2.75)

0.012*

CFT (μm)

2.17 (1.59–3.77)

0.344

2.01 (1.42–3.29)

0.384

HEs severity

1.02 (0.85–1.88)

0.319

0.99 (0.51–1.83)

0.337

  1. HEs Hard exudates, IVR Intravitreal injections of ranibizumab, TG Triglycerides, TC Total cholesterol, HDL High-density lipoprotein, LDL Low-density lipoprotein, SRF Subretinal fluid, CME Cystoid macular edema, OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval. *, p < 0.05; **, p < 0.01. A p < 0.05 was defined as statistically significant