Control ≤55 years Secondary Glaucoma Previous surgery Previous topical therapy Re-do surgery Trainee surgeon
n 67 43 40 90 211 66 66
Age  years 72 ± 6.7 47 ± 8.8*** 60 ± 17.7*** 76 ± 7.4*** 70 ± 7.0 73 ± 10.2 71 ± 6.2
male:female % 45/55 56/44 45/55 39/61 45/55 42/58 47/53
Per-operative antifibrotic % 5-FU:MMC 78 93* 80 94*** 86 98*** 87
35:65 55:45 62:38 34:66 48:52 5:95 70:30
POAG NTG % Other 67 56 0 62 75 80 71
27 2* 0 19 19 3** 11
1 42** 100 15 5 17 18
Presenting highest IOP 26 ± 5.3 34 ± 10.7*** 44 ± 12.5*** 28 ± 6.5 28 ± 6.5* 34 ± 9.8*** 30 ± 9.1**
Pre-op IOP 23 ± 5.1 25 ± 8.9 31 ± 10.2*** 23 ± 5.3 22 ± 4.9 23 ± 5.5 23 ± 4.7
Pre-op Rx 1.4 2.2*** 3.1*** 2.3*** 2.5*** 2.6*** 2.3***
Final IOP 12 ± 4.2 12 ± 3.9 13 ± 5.3 12 ± 5.1 11 ± 3.3 11 ± 3.3 13 ± 3.9
Final Rx 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6
% Drop from highest IOP 53% 61%* 68%*** 56% 58%* 65%*** 55%
% Drop from pre-op IOP Rx Change 48% 47% 55% 48% 47% 50% 43%
-1.0 -1.6 -2.7*** -2.1*** -2.2*** -2.0*** -1.7**
Follow-up months 54 ± 31.9 77 ± 41.2** 64 ± 37.2 53 ± 31.5 66 ± 34.3 70 ± 32.7** 70 ± 32.7**
n: number of eyes; 5-FU: 5-fluorouracil; MMC: mitomycin-C; POAG: primary open angle glaucoma; NTG: normal tension glaucoma; IOP: intraocular pressure; Rx: mean number of topical anti-glaucoma medications *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001
Table 5: Demography and IOP changes for the control and risk factor sub-groups.