Table 1 Characteristics of pediatric and juvenile craniopharyngioma patients and healthy controls.

From: Parafoveal and peripapillary vessel density in pediatric and juvenile craniopharyngioma patients

Variables

Patients (n = 15)

Healthy controls (n = 18)

p-value

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Gender, male/female

8/7

10/8

0.8984*

Age, years

13 ± 4

11 ± 2

0.0529†

Disease duration (months) [min, max]

24.63 ± 39.87 [4.10, 138.97]

  

Spherical equivalent, diopters

− 1.81 ± 1.82

− 2.07 ± 1.94

0.8418†

Last BCVA, logMAR

0.09 ± 0.18

0.01 ± 0.02

0.0031†

Last VF‡, MD (dB) [min, max]

− 7.67 ± 6.11 [− 18.28, − 1.83]

NA

 

VF sensitivity loss

CTMD (1/Lambert)

670.51 ± 561.64

NA

 

CNMD (1/Lambert)

1262.23 ± 333.88

NA

 
  1. BCVA best corrected visual acuity, MD mean deviation, NA not applicable, SD standard deviation, VF visual field, CTMD central temporal mean deviation, CNMD central nasal mean deviation.
  2. *Chi-squared test.
  3. †Wilcoxon rank-sum test.
  4. ‡Humphrey Field Analyzer using the 30–2 SITA-standard protocol.
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