A Comparative Study of the Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Pneumatic Trabeculoplasty and Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty for Patients with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension

27 December 2021 : Clinical Research

Yanling Song^1ACE, Qiujie Song^1ADG*, Yanhui Qin^1BD, Jinfeng Xu^1CF, Ping Chen^1DF, Hong Li^1CD, Wenjie Han^1BF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.933454

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e933454

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Table 1 Characteristics of the studied population in the 2 groups.

	PNT group	SLT group	t/χ2	P
Gender			0.140	0.694
Male	24 (40.0%)	27 (45.0%)
Female	36 (60.0%)	33 (55.0%)
Left/right eyes			0.053	0.974
Left	27 (45.0%)	29 (48.3%)
Right	33 (55.0%)	31 (51.7%)
Age/years old	38.87±15.03	39.51±14.66	0.343	0.842
BMI (kg/m)	22.39±2.38	22.33±2.97	0.446	0.656
Type of disease			2.854	0.870
POAG	31 (51.7%)	34 (56.7%)
OHT	29 (48.3%)	26 (43.3%)
Family history			1.628	0.443
Positive	6 (10.0%)	5 (8.3%)
Negative	54 (90.0%)	55 (91.7%)

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