Table 2 Characteristics of included patients with central retinal vein occlusion stratified according to the final snellen visual acuity (≥ 20/200 and < 20/200).

From: Factors associated with extremely poor visual outcomes in patients with central retinal vein occlusion

 

All (n = 150)

Control group (n = 101)

Very poor VA group (n = 49)

P value

Sex (men/women)

97/53

63/38

34/15

0.399

Age (years)

69.2 ± 12.8

67.2 ± 13.3

73.4 ± 10.4

0.002

Duration of symptoms (weeks)

6.8 ± 11.8

5.4 ± 7.2

8.8 ± 17.5

0.193

Observation period (months)

34.9 ± 16.1

32.9 ± 16.9

35.4 ± 18.3

0.467

Baseline logMAR BCVA

(Snellen equivalent)

0.67 ± 0.54

(HM to 20/13)

0.54 ± 0.45

(20/2000 to 20/13)

0.93 ± 0.61

(HM to 20/25)

< 0.001

NA

Baseline CRT (µm)

656 ± 255

641 ± 229

691 ± 314

0.287

Final logMAR BCVA

(Snellen equivalent)

0.60 ± 0.67

(NLP to 20/13)

0.24 ± 0.33

(20/200 to 20/13)

1.31 ± 0.57

(NLP to 20/228)

< 0.001

NA

Final CRT (µm)

329.3 ± 171.8

304.9 ± 149.4

338.2 ± 231.9

0.367

Number of anti-VEGF injections

5.3 ± 3.7

5.4 ± 3.4

5.2 ± 4.2

0.765

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation unless otherwise indicated.
  2. BCVA best-corrected visual acuity, logMAR logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution, HM hand motion, NLP no light perception, NA not applicable, CRT central retinal thickness, VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor.