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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J AAPOS. 2009 Jun;13(3):258–263. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2009.03.002

Table 2. Amblyopic eye visual acuity in children 3 to 6 years old in trial 1.

5-week exam 10-week exam 18-week exam
Atropine only
N = 26
Atropine + plano
N = 30
Atropine only
N = 24
Atropine + plano
N = 29
Atropine only
N = 24
Atropine + plano
N = 31
Lines change from baseline, n (%)
 2 lines worse 0 1 (3) 0 1 (3) 0 1 (3)
 1 line worse 0 2 (7) 0 1 (3) 0 1 (3)
 0 3 (12) 2 (7) 2 (8) 1 (3) 2 (8) 2 (6)
 1 line better 4 (15) 4 (13) 2 (8) 1 (3) 2 (8) 3 (10)
 2 lines better 8 (31) 8 (27) 7 (29) 5 (17) 3 (13) 1 (3)
 ≥3 lines better 11 (42) 13 (43) 13 (54) 20 (69) 17 (71) 23 (74)
Mean (SD) lines change 2.5 (1.7) 2.3 (2.0) 3.3 (2.3) 4.1 (2.9) 4.5 (3.1) 5.1 (3.7)

Distribution of visual acuity, n (%)
 20/400 0 1 (3) 0 1 (3) 0 1 (3)
 20/320 1 (4) 1 (3) 0 1 (3) 0 1 (3)
 20/250 2 (8) 3 (10) 1 (4) 1 (3) 1 (4) 2 (6)
 20/200 4 (15) 4 (13) 2 (8) 2 (7) 0 0
 20/160 1 (4) 5 (17) 3 (13) 2 (7) 2 (8) 1 (3)
 20/125 4 (15) 3 (10) 4 (17) 4 (14) 4 (17) 4 (13)
 20/100 4 (15) 3 (10) 2 (8) 1 (3) 1 (4) 2 (6)
 20/80 5 (19) 3 (10) 4 (17) 2 (7) 1 (4) 2 (6)
 20/63 3 (12) 3 (10) 2 (8) 3 (10) 5 (21) 2 (6)
 20/50 1 (4) 2 (7) 1 (4) 2 (7) 5 (21) 4 (13)
 20/40 0 1 (3) 3 (13) 7 (24) 3 (13) 0
 20/32 1 (4) 1 (3) 2 (8) 2 (7) 1 (4) 8 (26)
 20/25 0 0 0 0 0 1 (3)
 20/20 0 0 0 1 (3) 1 (4) 1 (3)
 20/16 0 0 0 0 0 2 (6)
Mean (SD) logMAR Score 0.75 (0.24) 0.78 (0.28) 0.65 (0.27) 0.60 (0.34) 0.54 (0.26) 0.50 (0.38)

Mean (SD) interocular difference (logMAR lines) 6.0 (2.7) 5.6 (2.9) 5.2 (2.5) 4.2 (3.5) 4.3 (2.7) 3.1 (4.1)

Trial 1: weekend atropine compared with weekend atropine plus a plano lens for the sound eye in children 3 to 6 years of age.