TABLE 3.

COMPARISON OF EARLY AND LATER-ONSET ACCOMMODATIVE ESOTROPIA PATIENTS

	EARLY ONSET (N = 21)*		LATER ONSET (N = 224)†		PROBABILITY‡
VARIABLE	MEAN ± SD	RANGE	MEAN ± SD	RANGE
Age at diagnosis, months	9 ± 2	3 – 12	48 ± 20	25 – 144	P < .0001
Distance deviation, initial exam, PD	21 ± 9	10 – 35	19 ± 8	10 – 55	P = .38
Near deviation, initial exam, PD	23 ± 8	10 – 40	21 ± 8	10 – 50	P = .32
Spherical equivalent, initial exam, D	4.70 ± 2.11	1.75 – 8.62	4.29 ± 1.64	1.12 – 11.00	P = .40
Follow-up, months	126 ± 71	24 – 227	100 ± 45	24 – 219	P = .12

D = diopters; PD = prism diopters; SD = standard deviation.

^*Diagnosed at or before 12 months of age.

^†Diagnosed after 24 months of age.

^‡t test.