Table 2 Comparison of demographics and clinical characteristics between the pathological myopic (PM) eyes and non-PM eyes. *p < 0.05.

From: Long-term prognosis of punctate inner choroidopathy lesions in pathologic myopia and their relationship to lacquer cracks

Clinical parameter

PM

(n = 25)

Non-PM

(n = 11)

p value

Age, years

60.5 ± 10.0

47.7 ± 17.2

0.0440*

Gender, male/female

4/21

2/9

0.8715

Refractive error (D)

−13.8 ± 3.5

−4.97 ± 3.2

< 0.0001*

AL (mm)

29.4 ± 2.0

25.4 ± 1.9

0.0008*

Baseline logMAR BCVA

0.23 ± 0.3

0.09 ± 0.3

0.0783

Final logMAR BCVA

0.52 ± 0.6

−0.02 ± 0.2

0.0010*

Baseline PIC lesion numbers

5.8 ± 5.5

11.8 ± 16.4

0.9862

Change in number of lesions,

increase/decrease or unchanged

16/7

0/11

< 0.0001*

PIC lesion area % change/year, %

27.8 ± 38.4

13.3 ± 26.9

0.2831

MNV, yes/no

20/5

7/4

0.2963

LC, yes/no

19/2

0/11

< 0.0001*

PIC lesion with LCs, yes/no

16/5

0/11

< 0.0001*

Macular atrophy, yes/no

12/13

1/10

0.0252*

Follow-up (months)

91.6 ± 58.3

75.8 ± 35.9

0.6304

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