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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of patients

From: Comparison of alternate part-time patching and pencil push-up training for patients with intermittent exotropia

Variables

Patch(n = 28)

Pencil push-up(n = 30)

Observation(n = 34)

P-value

Age (mean ± SD)

5.45 ± 1.45

5.24 ± 1.42

5.66 ± 1.37

0.482a

Sex (male:female)

16:12

14:16

15:19

0.767b

Spherical equivalent (mean ± SD)

1.14 ± 0.55

1.08 ± 0.98

1.12 ± 0.87

0.552 a

Significant dominancy (%)

10 (36)

8 (27)

12 (35)

0.407 b

photophobia (%)

8 (29)

10 (33)

9 (26)

0.377 b

  1. aBased on t test
  2. bBased on the chi-square test