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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2008 Apr 11;246(7):1029–1046. doi: 10.1007/s00417-008-0805-8

Table 8.

Visual field change from visual field at initial visit to 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year from first visit

Time from first visit /Initial Visual Field Steroid started ≤2 weeks from onset (n=261 eyes)
Steroid started >2 weeks from onset
(n=101 eyes)
n** Number (%) of eyes
n** Number (%) of eyes
Improved Worsened Improved Worsened
3 months* (n=256) (n=99)
 Minimal 10 7 (70%) 6 1 (17%)
 Mild 66 20 (30%) 18 (27%) 23 7 (30%) 5 (22%)
 Moderate 59 15 (25%) 12 (20%) 21 1 (5%) 5 (24%)
 Marked 85 28 (32%) 15 (18%) 33 13 (39%) 6 (18%)
 Severe 35 25 (71%) 16 9 (56%)
 Moderate to severe 179 68 (38%) 27 (15%) 70 23 (33%) 11 (16%)
6 months* (n=240) (n=92)
 Minimal 9 6 (67%) 6 2 (33%)
 Mild 62 20 (32%) 17 (27%) 20 6 (30%) 4 (20%)
 Moderate 56 14 (25%) 12 (21%) 21 1 (5%) 5 (24%)
 Marked 82 28 (34%) 15 (18%) 30 12 (40%) 5 (17%)
 Severe 31 25 (81%) 15 9 (60%)
 Moderate to severe 169 67 (40%) 27 (16%) 66 22 (33%) 10 (15%)
1 year* (n=215) (n=79)
 Minimal 8 5 (62%) 6 2 (33%)
 Mild 52 18 (35%) 14 (27%) 17 4 (24%) 3 (18%)
 Moderate 52 13 (25%) 13 (25%) 19 1 (5%) 5 (26%)
 Marked 77 28 (36%) 15 (19%) 25 10 (40%) 5 (20%)
 Severe 26 21 (81%) 12 7 (58%)
 Moderate to severe 155 62 (40%) 28 (18%) 56 18 (32%) 10 (18%)
*

±6 weeks for 3 and 6 months; ±12 weeks for 1 year

**

n includes the eyes that have a follow-up for VF of at least the lower limit specified