Visual outcomes following pediatric cataract surgery at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Ghana

Table 5 Multivariate regression analysis of factors influencing postoperative visual acuities

Variables	Multivariate regression			P value
	B	SE	95%CI
Postoperative VA RE unaided (1 year)
Age	0.30	0.028	-0.024 to 0.085	0.275
Gender	-0.807	0.341	-1.482 to -0.133	0.019
Type of cataract	0.383	0.162	0.063 to 0.703	0.019
State of cataract (morphology)	-0.302	0.365	-1.022 to -0.418	0.409
Presenting ocular comorbidity	-0.544	0.607	-1.743 to 0.655	0.371
Postoperative complications	0.314	0.584	-0.839 to 1.467	0.591
Postoperative complication intervention	0.377	0.426	-0.464 to 1.218	0.377
Refraction (corrected)	0.597	0.398	-0.189 to 1.383	0.136
Postoperative VA LE unaided (1 year)
Age	0.050	0.028	-0.006 to 0.105	0.078
Gender	-1.162	0.344	-1.841 to -0.484	< 0.001
Type of cataract	0.325	0.163	0.002 to 0.647	0.048
State of cataract (morphology)	-0.017	0.367	-0.741 to 0.708	0.963
Presenting ocular comorbidity	-1.172	0.611	-2.378 to 0.034	0.057
Postoperative complications	0.583	0.587	-0.577 to 1.743	0.322
Postoperative complication intervention	-0.012	0429	-0.859 to 0.834	0.977
Refraction (corrected)	-1.316	0.400	-2.107 to -0.525	0.001
Postoperative VA RE aided (1 year)
Age	0.006	0.005	-0.005 to 0.016	0.298
Gender	-0.045	0.066	-0.176 to 0.086	0.499
Type of cataract	-0.014	0.032	-0.076 to 0.048	0.6659
State of cataract (morphology)	-0.123	0.071	-0.263 to 0.017	0.086
Presenting ocular comorbidity	-0.073	0.118	-0.306 to 0.161	0.539
Postoperative complications	0.093	0.114	-0.132 to 0.317	0.416
Postoperative complication intervention	0.128	0.083	-0.036 to 0.292	0.125
Refraction (corrected)	-0.680	0.077	-0.833 to -0.527	< 0.001
Postoperative VA LE aided (1 year)
Age	0.002	0.005	-0.008 to 0.013	0.666
Gender	-0.150	0.065	-0.279 to -0.021	0.023
Type of cataract	-0.013	0.031	-0.074 to 0.048	0.678
State of cataract (morphology)	-0.220	0.070	-0.357 to -0.082	0.002
Presenting ocular comorbidity	-0.111	0.116	-0.340 to 0.118	0.339
Postoperative complications	0.181	0.112	-0.039 to 0.401	0.107
Postoperative complication intervention	0.00	0.081	-0.161 to 0.161	0.997
Refraction (corrected)	-0.545	0.076	-0.696 to 0.395	< 0.001

VA: Visual acuity; RE: Right eye; LE: Left eye; B: Unstandardized coefficient; SE: Standard Error. P value of < 0.05 is considered significant.