Table 1 Baseline characteristics and clinical features : comparison between the IXT-ptosis and IXT-only groups.

From: Binocular function in patients with intermittent exotropia accompanied by unilateral congenital ptosis

 

IXT-ptosis

(n = 45)

IXT-only

(n = 58)

p value

Age (years, mean ± SD)

6.5 ± 2.9

6.7 ± 2.0

0.45

Sex (M:F)

26:19

31:27

0.12

Cycloplegic refraction, OD (D, mean ± SD)

 Spherical

−0.67 ± 2.57

−0.42 ± 1.99

0.29

 Cylinder

−1.28 ± 1.05

−0.75 ± 0.86

0.07

 Spherical equivalent

−1.31 ± 2.84

−0.80 ± 1.93

0.17

Cycloplegic refraction, OS (D, mean ± SD)

 Spherical

−0.12 ± 1.67

−0.33 ± 1.94

0.34

 Cylinder

−1.52 ± 1.06

−0.93 ± 0.88

0.09

 Spherical equivalent

−0.90 ± 2.05

−0.79 ± 1.97

0.67

BCVA (logMAR, mean ± SD)

Right eye

0.06 ± 0.08

0.03 ± 0.07

0.42

Left eye

0.02 ± 0.06

0.04 ± 0.08

0.47

Magnitude of exodeviation (PD, mean ± SD)

 At distance

20.4 ± 7.7

25.6 ± 8.7

0.39

 At near

22.5 ± 7.3

25.8 ± 9.7

0.41

Stereopsis (log arcsec, mean ± SD)

 Titmus test

2.24 ± 0.71

1.99 ± 0.55

0.12

 Randot Preschool Stereo test

2.01 ± 0.35

1.86 ± 0.34

0.19

 Distance stereo test

2.85 ± 0.53

2.21 ± 0.50

0.02

Presence of suppression, n (%)

 4PD base out test

20 (44.4)

16 (27.6)

0.25

 Bagolini test

8 (17.8)

2 (3.5)

0.04

 Worth 4 dot test

14 (31.1)

12 (20.7)

0.38

Office based control score (mean ± SD)

 At distance

2.8 ± 1.87

2.2 ± 1.13

0.08

 At near

1.8 ± 0.67

1.6 ± 0.74

0.11

Constant exotropia, n (%)

5 (11.1)

5 (8.6)

0.75

Oblique muscle overaction, n (%)

16 (35.5)

19 (32.8)

0.65

Dissociated vertical deviation, n (%)

4 (8.9)

5 (8.6)

0.88

Coexisting vertical strabismus, n (%)

3 (6.7)

3 (5.2)

0.83

Latent nystagmus, n (%)

1 (2.2)

0 (0)

 > 0.99

  1. BCVA best-corrected visual acuity, D dioptre, IXT intermittent exotropia, MAR minimum angle of resolution, PD prism diopters, SD standard deviation.