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Table 3 Correlation of potential predictive factors for good cosmetic outcome following femtosecond laser-assisted pterygium surgery

From: Cosmetic outcome of femtosecond laser-assisted pterygium surgery

Dependent variables

Spearman’s correlation coefficients (95% CI)

P-value

Age (years)

0.29 (−0.09 to 0.60)

0.12

Gender (female vs. male)

0.25 (−0.13 to 0.58)

0.18

Preop pterygium severity (T1-T3)

0.24 (−0.15 to 0.57)

0.22

Intraop CAG thickness (μm)

−0.10 (−0.45 to 0.29)

0.62

Postop CAG thickness (μm)

0.38 (−0.04 to 0.69)

0.06

  1. CI = confidence interval. A positive R value indicates an inverse correlation between the dependent variable and a good outcome and, vice versa, for a negative R value