Table 6

Significant predictors for slow healing with treatment of suspected microbial keratitis

CharacteristicsSlow healingRisk ratio95% CIp Value
No%
“Crude” estimates of risk ratio with no adjustment for confounding factors
Culture positive ulcer13/4926.54.581.59–13.20.0016
Culture negative4/695.8
Any previous ocular disease16/6225.814.451.98–105.48<0.001
No previous ocular disease1/561.8