Demographics of patients included and excluded from the hub-and-spoke model analysis demonstrating equivalence between the two groups
| High-volume theatre list participants | Patients not treated on designated high-volume theatre lists | P value | |
| Male/female | 140/159 | 41/60 | 0.30 |
| First eye/second eye | 243/56 | 87/14 | 0.29 |
| Right eye/left eye | 164/135 | 55/46 | 1 |
| Age (years) | 69.45±10.81 | 72.42±8.6 | 0.01 |
| Preoperative best-corrected distance visual acuity (logMAR) | 0.60±0.51 | 0.51±0.36 | 0.10 |
| Spherical equivalent refractive error dioptrer (D) | −0.50±4.32 | −0.38±3.52 | 0.80 |
| Axial length (mm) | 23.78±1.39 | 23.67±1.56 | 0.51 |
| Anterior chamber depth (mm) | 3.27±0.38 | 3.10±0.55 | <0.01 |
| Average predicted PCR risk18 | 1.63%±1.24% | 1.63%±0.71% | 1 |
PCR, posterior capsular rupture.