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. 2006 Dec;104:493–516.

TABLE 12.

A COMPARISON OF 5½ -YEAR CRYO-ROP STUDY SNELLEN ACUITY OUTCOME DATA WITH 5½ -YEAR SNELLEN ACUITY OUTCOMES OF THIS EXTREMELY LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT (ELBW) COHORT

TREATED EYES (n=233) (222 EYES TESTED) CONTROL EYES (n=230) (222 EYES TESTED) COMBINED EYES (n=463) (444 EYES TESTED) ELBW COHORT (n=48)
Favorable 104 (46.8%) 77 (34.7%) 181 (40.8%) 43 (89.6%)
20/40 or better 28 (12.6%) 37 (16.7%) 65 (14.6%) 25 (52.1%)
<20/40, but 20/60 or better 14 (6.3%) 11 ( 5.0%) 25 ( 5.6%) 8 (16.7%)
<20/60, but >20/200 62 (27.9%) 29 (13.1%) 91 (20.5%) 10 (20.8%)
Unfavorable 118 (53.1%) 145 (65.3%) 263 (59.2%) 5 (10.4%)
≤20/200 48 (21.6%) 39 (17.6%) 87 (19.6%) 1 ( 2.1%)
Blind 70 (31.5%) 106 (47.7%) 176 (39.6%) 4 ( 8.3%)

CRYO-ROP = Cryotherapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity