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. 2023 Feb 21;94(7):560–566. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2022-330608

Table 1.

Demographic overview

HC NMOSD-NON NMOSD-ON
Subjects (n) 62 45 28
Eyes (n) 124 90 56
Patients with a disease duration <10 years (n) . 43 21
Patients with ON as first manifestation (n) . . 17
Age (year, mean±SD) 37.7±10.2 39.0±10.4 38.8±12.1
Sex (male, n (%)) 20 (32) 2 (4) 3 (11)
Time since ON (year, median (min−max)) . . 2.8 (0.7–19.5)
Time since onset (year, mean±SD) . 3.8±4.0 6.5±5.6
pRNFL thickness (µm, mean±SD) 98.5±9.4 98.8±10.8 80.7±24.9
pRNFL IEPD (%, mean±SD) 2.7±2.3 3.7±4.4 28.6±19.9
pRNFL IEAD (µm, mean±SD) 2.7±2.2 3.8±4.5 27.0±19.8
GCIPL thickness (µm, mean±SD) 79.9±5.3 77.6±6.3 66.3±13.2
GCIPL IEPD (%, mean±SD) 1.3±1.1 2.7±3.5 19.0±14.3
GCIPL IEAD (µm, mean±SD) 1.0±0.9 2.1±2.9 14.1±10.9

GCIPL, combined ganglion cell and inner plexiform layer; HC, healthy control; IEAD, intereye absolute difference; IEPD, intereye percentage difference; NMOSD-NON, patients with aquaporin-4-antibody seropositive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders and no history of optic neuritis; NMOSD-ON, patients with aquaporin-4-antibody seropositive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders and a history of unilateral optic neuritis; ON, optic neuritis; pRNFL, peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer.