Table 3

Study population differentiated into subgroups according to the change in visual acuity

Gain in visual acuity
> 0.1<0.1 or loss of best visual acuityp Value
p Value = significance of the difference between the study subgroup with gain in best visual acuity of more than 0.1, and the remaining eyes with gain in best visual acuity of equal to or less than 0.10.
Number1952
Age75.94 (6.87)78.61 (7.09)0.051
Refractive error0.45 (2.47)0.44 (2.04)0.92
Preoperative visual acuity0.18 (0.09)0.15 (0.12)0.18
Follow up period8.41 (3.55)7.11 (3.51)0.08