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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Ophthalmol. 2009 Feb;127(2):132–140. doi: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2008.565

Table 2.

OCT-measured Retinal Thickness at Follow-up Visits

1 Sitting
N=84
4 Sittings
N=71
P value
Central Subfield
Baseline - Median (quartiles) microns 207 (191, 222) 198 (182, 222)
          ≥ 250 – 299 Microns - n (%) 3 (4%) 1 (1%)
Change from Baseline - Median (quartiles) microns (p-values obtained based on van der Waerden scores)
        3 Day +9 (+4, +14) +5 (−2, +9) 0.01
        4 Weeks +13 (+5, +21) +5 (+1, +15) 0.003
        17 Weeks +14 (+5, +20) +15 (+6, +34) 0.08
        34 Weeks +14 (+2, +25) +22 (+5, +41) 0.06
Change from Baseline ≥ 25 Microns - n (%) (p-values obtained based on logistic regressions)
        3 Day 7 (9%) 3 (5%) 0.32
        4 Weeks 14 (18%) 5 (8%) 0.04
        17 Weeks 13 (17%) 26 (41%) 0.001
        34 Weeks 18 (25%) 25 (45%) 0.005
≥250 Microns and Change from Baseline ≥ 25 Microns - n (%) (p-values obtained based on logistic regressions)
        3 Day 1 (1%) 2 (3%) 0.40
        4 Weeks 8 (10%) 3 (5%) 0.14
        17 Weeks 5 (6%) 11 (17%) 0.003
        34 Weeks 9 (13%) 13 (24%) 0.02
Retinal Volume
Baseline - median (quartiles) microns 6.9 (6.6, 7.4) 7.0 (6.5, 7.4)
Change from Baseline - Median (quartiles) microns (p-values obtained based on van der Waerden scores)
         3 Day +0.3 (+0.1, +0.4) +0.1 (0, +0.2) 0.001
        4 Weeks +0.4 (+0.3, +0.6) +0.3 (+0.1, +0.4) <.001
        17 Weeks +0.3 (+0.2, +0.5) +0.6 (+0.3, +0.9) 0.001
        34 Weeks +0.2 (0, +0.5) +0.5 (0, +0.8) 0.03
N
        3 Day 81 64
        4 Weeks 78 65
        17 Weeks 77 63
        34 Weeks 72 55