Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the patients with neovascular AMD.

From: Incidence of elevated intraocular pressure after intravitreal injection in Japanese patients with age-related macular degeneration

Number of patients

370

Number of eyes

402

Age, mean ± SD, year

80.1 ± 7.4

Sex (male/female) (%)

250 (67.6)/120 (32.4)

Baseline mean IOP in treated eyes (mmHg)

15.1 ± 2.6

Baseline mean IOP in untreated fellow eyes (mmHg)

15.2 ± 2.6

Mean number of anti-VEGF injections

27.7 ± 18.6

Mean follow-up period (month)

73.3 ± 27.8

Lens status (phakic/pseudophakic) (%)

300 (74.6)/102 (25.4)

  1. AMD age-related macular degeneration, SD standard deviation, IOP intraocular pressure, VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor.
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