Control ≤55 years Secondary glaucoma Previous surgery Previous topical therapy Re-do surgery Trainee  surgeon
Releasable pulled (% eyes of total) 13% 33%* 38%** 47%*** 39%*** 50%*** 47%***
Releasable pulled (no./eye used) 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.4
Releasable rate (mean of total) 0.21 0.51* 0.60** 0.78*** 0.62*** 0.88*** 0.65***
Odds Ratio 1.0 3.1* 3.9** 5.6*** 4.2*** 6.4*** 5.7***
Bleb needling (% eyes of total) 19% 19% 30% 24% 16% 15% 29%
Bleb needling (no./eye needled) 2.2 1.8 1.4 1.5 1.8 1.3 2.1
Bleb needling rate (mean of total) 0.42 0.33 0.43 0.38 0.29 0.20* 0.61
Odds Ratio 1.0 0.95 1.78 1.34 0.80 0.74 1.7
*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001
Table 6a: Post-operative interventions for the control and risk factor sub-groups.