Table 1

Patients’ characteristics at operation according to glaucoma type

Characteristic	Exfoliation glaucoma	Simplex glaucoma	p Value
Sex (n):
Male	21	24	0.102^*
Female	32	18
Age (years) (SD)	73.7 (8.3)	69.2 (9.1)	0.014^†
IOP	28.8 (6.1)	24.4 (5.0)	0.000^†
No of drops	4.0 (1.6)	3.6 (1.3)	0.143^†
No of medicines	2.4 (0.7)	2.0 (0.9)	0.008^†
ALT (n):
Yes	36	27	0.828^*
No	17	15
Duration to operation (years)	4.9 (3.5)	6.8 (4.5)	0.019^†
LogMAR	0.4 (0.4)	0.3 (0.5)	0.657^†
Cataract (n):
No cataract	24	25	0.159^‡
Early stage	26	17
Hazy insight	3	0

p Value = significance level; IOP = intraocular pressure; ALT = argon laser trabeculoplasty; MAR = minimum angle of resolution;^*Fisher’s exact test, ^† t test, ^‡χ² test.