Table 2.
ETDRS acuity and threshold character sizes for single letters, isolated words and paragraphed text
| ETDRS acuity (logMAR) | Threshold character size for words (logMAR) | Threshold character size for paragraphed text (logMAR) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Patients | Before training | Immediately after training | 3 months later | Before training | Immediately after SLO training | 3 months later | Before training | Immediately after training | 3 months later | |||||||||||
| 1 | 3 and 4 | 6 and 7 | 9 and 10 | 1 | 3 and 4 | 6 and 7 | 9 and 10 | 1 | 3 and 4 | 6 and 7 | 9 and 10 | |||||||||
| MT | 1.1 | 0.96 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||
| SL | 1.46 | 1.1 | 1.14 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| LG | 1.24 | 1.2 | 1.12 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| AA | 1.02 | 0.84 | 0.86 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | ||
| GM | 1.36 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.15 | 1.5 | > 1.5 | > 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
1: 1 letter; 3 and 4: words of 3 and 4 letters; 6 and 7: words of 6 and 7 letters; 9 and 10: words of 9 and 10 letters. The mean value obtained for each patient and for each stimulus type is reported.