Table 2.

Features of Choroidal Nevi in Four Racial/Ethnic Groups in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

	Choroidal Nevi, No. (%)
Characteristic	Overall (N=141)	White (N=110)	Chinese (N=3)	Black (N=12)	Hispanic (N=16)	P-value
Diameter, mm
0–1	19 (13.5)	16 (14.5)	0 (0.0)	2 (16.7)	1 (6.3)	0.44
1–2	68 (48.2)	53 (48.2)	3 (100.0)	6 (50.0)	6 (37.5)
>2	54 (38.3)	41 (37.3)	0 (0.0)	4 (33.3)	9 (56.2)
Shape
Round	30 (21.3)	21 (19.1)	0 (0.0)	5 (41.7)	4 (25.0)	0.14
Oval	55 (39.0)	42 (38.2)	3 (100.0)	5 (41.7)	5 (31.3)
Irregular	56 (39.7)	47 (42.7)	0 (0.0)	2 (16.6)	7 (43.7)
Color
Blue-gray or green-gray	126 (89.4)	98 (89.1)	3 (100.0)	11 (91.7)	14 (87.4)	0.93
Hypomelanotic	2 (1.4)	1 (0.9)	0 (0.0)	0 (0)	1 (6.3)
Amelanotic	1 (0.7)	1 (0.9)	0 (0.0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Brown	12 (8.5)	10 (9.1)	0 (0.0)	1(8.3)	1 (6.3)
Position
Subfoveolar	3 (2.1)	1 (0.9)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (12.5)	0.27
Subfoveal	5 (3.6)	5 (4.6)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Macular	43 (30.5)	34 (30.9)	1 (33.3)	3 (25.0)	5 (31.3)
Extramacular	90 (63.8)	70 (63.6)	2 (66.7)	9 (75.0)	9 (56.2)
Posterior margin touching disc	6 (4.3)	5 (4.5)	0 (0.0)	1 (8.3)	0 (0.0)	0.66
Relative to optic disc
<2 disc diameters	69 (48.9)	51 (46.4)	2 (66.7)	5 (41.7)	11 (68.7)
>2 disc diameters	66 (46.8)	54 (49.1)	1 (33.3)	6 (50.0)	5 (31.3)
Quadrant relative to optic disc
Upper temporal	51 (36.1)	41 (37.3)	2 (66.7)	5 (41.6)	3 (18.8)	0.62
Upper nasal	20 (14.2)	16 (14.5)	0 (0.0)	2 (16.7)	2 (12.5)
Lower temporal	50 (35.5)	40 (36.4)	0 (0.0)	3 (25.0)	7 (43.7)
Lower nasal	20 (14.2)	13 (11.8)	1 (33.3)	2 (16.7)	4 (25.0)
Drusen present	35 (24.8)	23 (20.9)	0 (0.0)	4 (33.3)	8 (50.0)	0.05
Orange pigment present	1 (0.7)			1 (8.3)
Other pigment present	0 (0.0)			0 (0.0)
Subretinal fluid present	0 (0.0)			0 (0.0)
Pigment clumping present	2 (1.4)			2 (16.7)