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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 5.

Visual acuity change from initial visit to 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 15 months, and 2 to 5 years follow-up, and overall cumulative change@ in those first seen within 3 months from onset, by macular edema status at follow-up

Follow-up/Initial Visual Acuity With Macular Edema*
No Macular Edema*
n Number (%) of eyes
n Number (%) of eyes
Improved Worsened Improved Worsened

Non-ischemic CRVO
3 months**
 20/60 or better 104 6 (6%) 35 (37%) 98 10 (10%) 0 (0%)
 20/70 or worse 88 23 (26%) 27 (31%) 15 13 (87%) 1 (7%)

6 months**
 20/60 or better 86 6 (7%) 33 (39%) 67 13 (19%) 1 (1%)
 20/70 or worse 75 17 (23%) 25 (33%) 18 16 (89%) 1 (6%)

9 months**
 20/60 or better 72 4 (5%) 29 (40%) 72 9 (12%) 2 (3%)
 20/70 or worse 60 15 (25%) 21 (35%) 13 11 (85%) 1 (8%)

15 months**
 20//60 or better 44 1 (2%) 18 (41%) 76 12 (15%) 7 (9%)
 20/70 or worse 48 8 (17%) 19 (34%) 17 12 (73%) 3 (18%)

2 to 5 years**
 20//60 or better 31 1 (3%) 12 (39%) 101 14 (14%) 15 (15%)
 20/70 or worse 20 6 (30%) 8 (40%) 41 23 (56%) 5 (12%)

Cumulative@
 20//60 or better 39 2 (5%) 15 (42%) 204 28 (14%) 24 (12%)
 20/70 or worse 35 9 (26%) 15 (42%) 71 42 (59%) 10 (14%)

Ischemic CRVO as first diagnosis
3 months**
 20/70 or worse 41 4 (10%) 3 (7%) 3 2 (67%) 0 (0%)

6 months**
 20/70 or worse 35 6 (17%) 5 (14%) 6 2 (33%) 1 (17%)

9 months**
 20/70 or worse 30 5 (17%) 5 (17%) 10 3 (30%) 0 (0%)

15 months**
 20/70 or worse 21 7 (33%) 3 (14%) 9 2 (22%) 4 (44%)

2 to 5 years
 20/70 or worse 6 1 (17%) 0 (0%) 13 4 (31%) 4 (31%)

Cumulative@
 20/70 or worse 21 5 (24%) 3 (14%) 22 9 (41%) 4 (18%)
*

Status of macular edema at time of follow-up

**

± 6 weeks for 3, 6, and 9 months; ±12 weeks for 15 months

@

Change from initial visit to last follow-up (after at least 6 months) for eyes where macular edema did not resolve, and to visit following resolution for eyes where macular edema resolved,

CRVO = Central retinal vein occlusion