Table 2 Characteristics of patients with pachychoroid neovasculopathy.

From: Rate of misdiagnosis and clinical usefulness of the correct diagnosis in exudative neovascular maculopathy secondary to AMD versus pachychoroid disease

 

Pachychoroid disease with MNV correctly diagnosed

Pachychoroid disease with MNV misclassified as neovascular AMD

P value

Number of eyes (patients)

16 (16)

19 (19)

–

Age, years

63.0 ± 7.5

70.3 ± 8.5

0.012a

Gender

M, n (%)

13 (81.2%)

16 (84.2%)

0.582b

F, n (%)

3 (18.8%)

3 (15.8%)

 

Subfoveal choroidal thickness, µm

405.3 ± 99.0

372.7 ± 63.3

0.247a

  1. Quantitative values are expressed in mean ± SD (standard deviation).
  2. aT-test.
  3. bFischer’s exact test.
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