Clinical Study
Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors of Recurrent Mooren’s Ulcer
Table 2
Clinical characteristics of affected eyes.
| | Variables | Total () | Recurrent group () | Nonrecurrent group () | χ2/t value | |
| | Eye category | | | | 0.206 | 0.650 | | Right | 44 (44%) | 19 (42%) | 25 (46%) | | | | Left | 56 (56%) | 26 (58%) | 30 (54%) | | | | Corneal history | | Corneal surgery | | | | 3.335 | 0.068 | | Yes | 19 (19%) | 12 (27%) | 7 (13%) | | | | No | 81 (81%) | 33 (73%) | 48 (87%) | | | | Corneal infection | | | | 5.474 | 0.019 | | Yes | 19 (19%) | 13 (29%) | 6 (11%) | | | | No | 81 (81%) | 32 (71%) | 49 (89%) | | | | Ocular trauma | | | | 0.492 | 0.483 | | Yes | 7 (7%) | 4 (9%) | 3 (6%) | | | | No | 93 (93%) | 41 (91%) | 52 (94%) | | | | Corneal perforation | | | | 9.900 | 0.002 | | Yes | 18 (18%) | 14 (31%) | 4 (7%) | | | | No | 82 (82%) | 31 (69%) | 51 (93%) | | | | Corneal neovascularization | | | | 0.000 | 1.000 | | Yes | 45 (45%) | 20 (44%) | 25 (46%) | | | | No | 55 (55%) | 25 (56%) | 30 (54%) | | | | Epithelial defect | | | | 2.942 | 0.086 | | Yes | 10 (10%) | 7 (16%) | 3 (6%) | | | | No | 90 (90%) | 38 (84%) | 52 (94%) | | | | Corneal loose suture | | Yes | | 6 (13%) | | | | | No | | 39 (87%) | | | | | Clock hours of ulcer involvement | | | | 3.364 | 0.339 | | >3 clock hours | 37 (37%) | 13 (29%) | 24 (44%) | | | | >3 clock hours and ≤6 clock hours | 34 (34%) | 18 (40%) | 16 (29%) | | | | >6 clock hours and ≤9 clock hours | 16 (16%) | 9 (20%) | 7 (13%) | | | | >9 clock hours and ≤12 clock hours | 13 (13%) | 5 (11%) | 8 (14%) | | |
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