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. 2023 Sep 13;16:17562864231197994. doi: 10.1177/17562864231197994

Table 1.

Patient and eye characteristics of optic nerve sheath fenestrations (ONSF). Age, weight, and height are represented as mean (standard deviation). Continuous variables are presented as mean (standard deviation). Categorical variables are presented as N (percentage). Percentages in the overall column are as a column percentage of the total (vertical). Percentages in the subgroups are as a row percentage of the overall (horizontal).

Aetiology Overall IIH CVST Other
Characteristics
 Eyes
  Total – eyes 116 92 (79.3%) 9 (7.7%) 15 (12.9%)
  Gender
   Male 16 (13.8%) 5 (31.3%) 1 (0.6%) 10 (62.5%)
   Female 100 (86.2%) 87 (87%) 8 (8%) 5 (5%)
  Age (years) 29.8 (11.1) 29.9 (10.7) 25.8 (4.2) 39 (15.7)
  Type of ONSF
   Bilateral 46 (79.3%) 37 (80.4%) 4 (8.7%) 5 (10.9%)
   Unilateral 24 (20.7%) 18 (75%) 1 (4.2%) 5 (20.8%)
  Pre-operative measurements (days prior) Follow-up (days) 7.6 (12.2) 7.6 (10.7) 8.4 (15.2) 2.3 (1.2)
   Mean 324.7 (421.7) 373 (454.5) 213 (154.8) 77 (57.5)
   Min 1 1 17 3
   Max 2399 2399 412 193
 Patients
  Total 70 55 (78.6%) 5 (7.1%) 10 (14.3%)
  Gender
   Male 13 (18.6%) 5 (38.5%) 1 (7.7%) 7 (53.8%)
   Female 57 (81.4%) 50 (87.7%) 4 (7.0%) 3 (5.3%)
  Age (years) 30.9 (11.8) 29.9 (10.7) 25.8 (4.2) 39.0 (15.7)
  Weight (kg) 94.5 (26) 95.2 (27.4) 85.3 (21.6) 93.4 (9.7)
  Height (cm) 170 (10) 163 (11) 168 (7) 172 (9)
  Diabetes 3 (4.3%) 2 (66.6%) 0 1 (33.3%)
  Hypertension 6 (8.6%) 4 (66.6%) 1 (16.7%) 1 (16.7%)
  Smoking 11 (15.7%) 10 (90.9%) 1 (9.1%) 0
  Oral contraceptive 8 (11.4%) 5 (62.5%) 3 (37.5%) 0
  Anti-depressant 9 (12.9%) 7 (77.8%) 0 2 (22.2%)
  Treatment prior
   Acetazolamide 53 (75.7%) 46 (86.8%) 4 (7.5%) 3 (5.7%)
   Topiramate 8 (11.4%) 7 (87.5%) 1 (12.5%) 0
   Corticosteroids 9 (12.9%) 4 (44.4%) 4 (44.4%) 1 (11.1%)
   CSF diversion 6 (8.6%) 5 (83.3%) 0 1 (16.7%)

cm, centimetre; CVST, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; IIH, idiopathic intracranial hypertension; kg, kilograms.