Quantitative analysis of the eyelid curvature in patients with blepharoptosis

BMC Medical Imaging

Table 3 The pairwise comparison between groups for the evaluated indices

The pairwise comparison between groups for ULCI
	Normal	Mild Ptosis	Moderate Ptosis	Severe Ptosis
Normal		P > 0.05	P < 0.001	P = 0.003
Mild Ptosis			P = 0.004	P = 0.003
Moderate Ptosis				P > 0.05
Severe Ptosis
The pairwise comparison between groups for ULCI ratio
	Normal	Mild Ptosis	Moderate Ptosis	Severe Ptosis
Normal		P > 0.05	P > 0.05	P < 0.001
Mild Ptosis			P > 0.05	P = 0.024
Moderate Ptosis				P > 0.05
Severe Ptosis
The pairwise comparison between groups for ACI
	Normal	Mild Ptosis	Moderate Ptosis	Severe Ptosis
Normal		P = 0.027	P < 0.001	P < 0.001
Mild Ptosis			P = 0.003	P < 0.001
Moderate Ptosis				P = 0.009
Severe Ptosis
The pairwise comparison between groups for ACI Ratio
	Normal	Mild Ptosis	Moderate Ptosis	Severe Ptosis
Normal		P = 0.001	P < 0.001	P < 0.001
Mild Ptosis			P = 0.002	P < 0.001
Moderate Ptosis				P < 0.001
Severe Ptosis

ULCI upper lid contour index, ACI area circularity index. Bold values are statistically significant
P-values are adjusted for age and sex, based on Sidak’s method for multiple comparisons in GEE analysis

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