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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Occup Ther. 2010 Mar–Apr;64(2):268–278. doi: 10.5014/ajot.64.2.268

Table 1.

Characteristics of drivers with normal visual fields, hemianopia, and quadrantanopia.

Normal Visual Fields N =30 Hemianopia N = 22 p-value normal visual field vs. hemianopia Quadrantanopia N = 8 p-value normal visual field vs. quadrantanopia
Age, years, mean (SD) 52 (19) 52 (20) .8922 55 (22) .7121
Gender, n (%)
 Female 20 (67) 9 (41) .0647 2 (25) .0339
 Male 10 (33) 13 (59) 6 (75)
Race, n (%)
 African American 5 (17) 2 (9) .3832 0 (0) .2153
 White, non-Hispanic 25 (83) 19 (86) 8 (100)
 Other1 0 (0) 1 (5) 0 (0)
# Chronic Medical Conditions, mean (SD) 2.2 (1.5) 5.5 (3.2) < .0001 4.8 (1.8) .0003
MMSE score, M (SD) 29.0 (1.4) 28.4 (1.6) .1871 28.6 (.7) .5131
Visual acuity, logMAR, M (SD) −0.13 (.27) 0.08 (.32) .0121 −0.02 (.32) .3445
Contrast sensitivity, log sensitivity, M(SD) 1.83 (.12) 1.73 (.19) .0273 1.79 (.13) .3669
Trails A, time to complete, seconds, M (SD) 33 (11) 51 (30) .0027 45 (19) .0215
Trails B, time to complete, seconds, M (SD) 81 (37) 127 (93) .0185 106 (48) .1231
Digit Symbol Substitution, # correct, M (SD) 54.2 (12.8) 40.7 (14.2) .0008 42.4 (11.6) .0242
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