Table 2 Comparison between eyes with and without hyperreflective foci.

From: Characteristics of intermediate age-related macular degeneration with hyperreflective foci

 

HRF (+)

(n = 53)

HRF (−)

(n = 102)

p-value

Age(years)

78.8 ± 7.6

77.3 ± 7.6

0.22

Females

14 (26.4%)

38 (37.3%)

0.18

Presence of pseudodrusen

32 (60.4%)

32 (31.4%)

5.0 × 10−4

Presence of DPED

29 (54.7%)

14 (13.7%)

6.4 × 10−8

Subfoveal choroidal thickness

189 ± 86

226 ± 88

0.013

MNV subtype in the contralateral eye

Type 3 MNV

17 (32.1%)

6 (5.9%)

1.0 × 10−5

Typical neovascular AMD

28 (52.8%)

54 (52.9%)

0.99

PCV

8 (15.1%)

42 (41.2%)

9.8 × 10−4

T allele frequency of ARMS2 A69S

81.1%

69.1%

0.023

G allele frequency of CFH I62Vj

78.3%

76.0%

0.65

  1. HRF, hyperreflective foci; DPED, drusenoid pigment epithelial detachment; MNV, macular neovascularization; RAP, retinal angiomatous proliferation.