Table 4 Correlations between aqueous humor cytokines and visual acuity, central retinal thickness, or lesion area.

From: Idiopathic Choroidal Neovascularization: Intraocular Inflammatory Cytokines and the Effect of Intravitreal Ranibizumab Treatment

Variables

Visual Acuity

Central Retinal Thickness

Lesion Area

r

P Value

r

P Value

r

P Value

IL-2

0.272

0.095

−0.147

0.372

0.372

0.051

IL-10

0.282

0.082

−0.118

0.475

0.538

0.003

IL-15

0.165

0.316

−0.120

0.468

0.316

0.101

IL-17

0.304

0.060

−0.280

0.084

0.520

0.005

basic FGF

0.108

0.514

−0.287

0.077

0.286

0.140

GM-CSF

0.293

0.070

−0.255

0.117

0.454

0.015

VEGF

0.164

0.318

0.050

0.763

0.465

0.013

  1. Correlation coefficient (r) and P values are calculated by Spearman’s correlation.