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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2010 Aug 17;118(1):119–133.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.04.019

Table 2.

Visual acuity and visual field at initial visit by time from onset of visual loss

Visual assessment Time from onset of visual loss to initial visit
≤3 months >3–6 months >6–12 months

Non-ischemic CRVO
Visual acuity (n=492 eyes) (n=70 eyes) (n=26 eyes)
20/15–20/20 115 (23%) 9 (13%) 6 (23%)
20/25–20/30 86 (18%) 7 (10%) 1 (4%)
20/40–20/60 122 (25%) 18 (26%) 3 (12%)
20/70–20/100 61 (12%) 17 (24%) 7 (27%)
20/200–400 96 (20%) 16 (23%) 6 (23%)
CF or worse 12 (2%) 3 (4%) 3 (12%)

Visual field defect (n=478 eyes, 14 missing) (n=69 eyes, 1 missing) (n=25 eyes, 1 missing)
Minimal 321 (67%) 40 (58%) 18 (72%)
Mild 117 (24%) 19 (28%) 5 (20%)
Moderate 38 (8%) 7 (10%) 2 (8%)
Marked 2 (0.4%) 2 (3%) 0 (0%)
Severe 0 (0%) 1 (1%) 0 (0%)

Ischemic CRVO as first diagnosis
Visual acuity (n=85 eyes, 3 missing) (n=13 eyes, 2 missing) (n=5 eyes, 1 missing)
20/15–20/20 0 0 0
20/25–20/30 0 0 0
20/40–20/60 0 0 0
20/70–20/100 1 (1%) 1 (8%) 0
20/200–400 18 (21%) 2 (15%) 1 (20%)
CF or worse 66 (78%) 10 (77%) 4 (80%)

Visual field defect (n=80 eyes, 8 missing) (n=13, 2 missing) (n=5, 1 missing)
Minimal 0 0 1 (20%)
Mild 6 (8%) 0 0
Moderate 39 (49%) 3 (23%) 0
Marked 32 (40%) 8 (62%) 4 (80%)
Severe 3 (4%) 2 (15%) 0

Ischemic CRVO (converted from non-ischemic CRVO)*
Visual acuity (n=48 eyes)
20/15–20/20 0
20/25–20/30 0
20/40–20/60 0
20/70–20/100 0
20/200–400 16 (33%)
CF or worse 32 (67%)

Visual field defect (n=44, 4 missing)
Minimal 0
Mild 10 (23%)
Moderate 20 (45%)
Marked 13 (30%)
Severe 1 (2%)

CF = counting fingers; CRVO=Central retinal Vein Occlusion

*

Visual acuity and field defect at the visit where conversion was recorded

Missing visual field information at the initial visit was due to inability to do visual fields for various logistic reasons.