Table 3

Success rate at 1 year follow up

Age groupTotalSuccess ⩽21 mm Hg
(no treatment)
Relative success ⩽21 mm Hg (with treatment)Failure
>21 mm Hg
45–501612 (75%)3 (18.8%)1 (6.2%)
51–552118 (85.7%)3 (14.3%)0
56–602518 (72.0%)5 (20.0%)2 (8.0%)
61–653628 (77.8%)5 (13.9%)3 (8.3%)
66–702821 (75.0%)5 (17.9%)2 (7.1%)
71–752720 (74.1%)6 (22.2%)1 (3.7%)
76–803026 (86.7%)4 (13.3%)0
81–852420 (83.3%)3 (12.5%)1 (4.2%)
All ages207163 (78.7%)34 (16.4%)10 (4.8%)