Table 3 Factors associated with final best-corrected visual acuity.

From: Characteristics of pachychoroid neovasculopathy

Factors associated with final BCVA

P value

Gender

0.284

Age

0.024

Smoking

0.662

Axial length

0.367

Hypertension

0.718

Initial BCVA (logMAR)

 < 0.001

Lesion area

0.067

GLD

0.071

CRT

0.031

SFCT

0.656

Polypoidal lesion

0.458

CVH

0.248

SRH (≥ 4 disc areas in size) at the initial visit and during the follow-up period

 < 0.001

Treatment (aflibercept monotherapy)

0.029

Treatment (initial PDT)

0.260

  1. BCVA best-corrected visual acuity; GLD greatest linear dimension; CVH choroidal vascular hyperpermeability; SRH subretinal hemorrhage; CRT central retinal thickness; SFCT subfoveal choroidal thickness; PDT photodynamic therapy.
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