Table 1 Patient characteristics for both groups in baseline.

From: The effect of duration between sessions on microperimetric biofeedback training in patients with maculopathies

 

Group A (n = 16)

Group B (n = 13)

P-value

Age, years (Mean ± SD)

55.43 ± 21.14

43.46 ± 20.90

0.139†

Female sex (n, %)

6(37.5%)

5(38.5%)

 > 0.999§

Left eye (n, total number of eyes trained)

9/20

7/15

 > 0.999§

Education level years (Mean ± SD)

11.94 ± 4.06

12.15 ± 4.08

0.888†

Mean BCVA (Mean ± SD), (ETDRS letters)

31.15 ± 11.35

36.40 ± 14.01

0.229†

Mean reading speed (Mean ± SD), (words/min)

70.40 ± 49.59

78.69 ± 57.43

0.734†

  1. Group A, daily training; Group B, training on alternate days.
  2. BCVA best corrected vision acuity, reading speed, reading speed, SD standard deviation.
  3. A value of P < 0.05 was considered as significant.
  4. §fisher's exact test.
  5. †Mann–Whitney U test.
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