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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Feb 2.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2006 Jun;113(6):895–903. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.01.068

Table 1.

Baseline Demographic and Clinical Characteristics (N=84)

n (%)
Gender: Female 39 (46)
Race / Ethnicity
    White 63 (75)
    African-American 7 (8)
    Hispanic or Latino 7 (8)
    Asian 3 (4)
    American Indian/Alaskan Native 1 (1)
    More than one race 3 (4)
Age
    3 to <4 years 7 (8)
    4 to <5 years 25 (30)
    5 to <6 years 35 (42)
    6 to <7 years 17 (20)
    Mean (SD*) years 5.2 (0.9)
Best-Corrected Distance Visual Acuity in Amblyopic Eye
    20/250 1 (1)
    20/200 2 (2)
    20/160 5 (6)
    20/125 10 (12)
    20/100 13 (15)
    20/80 16 (19)
    20/63 19 (23)
    20/50 9 (11)
    20/40 9 (11)
    Mean (SD) logMAR, Snellen equivalent 0.60 (0.19), 20/80
Best-Corrected Distance Visual Acuity in Sound Eye
    20/32 14 (17)
    20/25 14 (17)
    20/20 47 (56)
    20/16 9 (11)
    Mean (SD) logMAR, Snellen equivalent 0.04 (0.09), 20/20-2
Interocular Acuity Difference Mean (SD) lines 5.6 (2.1)
Refractive Error in Amblyopic Eye
    -4.00D to <0 4 (5)
    0 to <+1.00D 1 (1)
    +1.00 to <+2.00D 4 (5)
    +2.00 to <+3.00D 3 (4)
    +3.00 to <+4.00D 9 (11)
    ≥+4.00D 63 (75)
    Mean (SD) spherical equivalent 4.51 (2.07)
Refractive Error in Sound Eye
    -0.50D to <0 3 (4)
    0 to <+1.00D 18 (21)
    +1.00 to <+2.00D 40 (48)
    +2.00 to <+3.00D 13 (15)
    3+.00 to <+4.00D 6 (7)
    ≥+4.00D 4 (5)
    Mean (SD) spherical equivalent 1.57 (1.17)
Anisometropia definition met
    Cylinder only (≥1.50D difference) 3 (4)
    Spherical equivalent only (≥0.50D difference) 67 (80)
    Spherical equivalent and cylinder 14 (17)
Anisometropia (calculated difference in spherical equivalent) at enrollment§
    0.50 to <1.00D 7 (9)
    1.00 to <2.00D 11 (14)
    2.00 to <3.00D 13 (16)
    3.00 to <4.00D 24 (30)
    ≥4.00D 26 (32)
    Mean (SD) spherical equivalent 3.21 (1.46)
*

SD = Standard Deviation

logMAR = logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution

D=diopte r

§

3 patients meeting cylinder criteria only are excluded