Table 5
Relation between donor, surgical, and recipient variables, and endothelial cell density, and endothelial cell loss during the second year following transplantation
| Correlation with postoperative endothelial cell density | Correlation with postoperative percentage endothelial cell loss | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spearman’s coefficient (univariate level) | Multiple linear regression | Spearman’s coefficient (univariate level) | Multiple linear regression | ||||
| rs | P | P | rs | P | P | ||
| Donor variable: | |||||||
| Preservation time | −0.30 | <0.001 | 0.014 | +0.31 | <0.001 | 0.011 | |
| Endothelial density after preservation | +0.30 | <0.001 | 0.002 | −0.05 | 0.59 (NS) | 0.030 | |
| COV after preservation | −0.28 | 0.004 | 0.017 | +0.27 | 0.005 | 0.018 | |
| Deswelling time after preservation | +0.20 | 0.022 | 0.008 | −0.19 | 0.031 | ||
| Recipient and surgical variable: | |||||||
| Recipient age | −0.30 | <0.001 | 0.49 (NS) | +0.25 | 0.003 | 0.60 (NS) | |
| Preop diagnosis | −0.30 | <0.001 | 0.012 | +0.30 | <0.001 | 0.009 | |
| Preoperative IOP | −0.29 | 0.001 | 0.96 (NS) | +0.27 | 0.002 | 0.82 (NS) | |
| Postop lens status | +0.41 | <0.001 | 0.12 (NS) | −0.39 | <0.001 | 0.16 (NS) | |
| Combined procedures: | |||||||
| Vitrectomy | −0.25 | 0.003 | 0.89 (NS) | +0.22 | 0.011 | 0.81 (NS) | |
| IOL removal | −0.31 | <0.001 | 0.15 (NS) | +0.28 | 0.001 | 0.26 (NS) | |
| AC IOL insertion | −0.28 | 0.001 | 0.54 (NS) | +0.28 | 0.001 | 0.85 (NS) | |
| Trabeculectomy | −0.27 | 0.001 | 0.57 (NS) | +0.27 | 0.001 | 0.41 (NS) | |
