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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neuroophthalmol. 2013 Mar;33(1):4–8. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e31823f852d

Table 2.

Clinical Examination Results of IIH patients with BMI <40 and BMI ≥40.

BMI <40 (n=256) BMI ≥40 (n=158)
Demographics/risk factors N or median (% or range) N or median (% or range) pValue
Visual acuity, first visit (logMAR, n=409) 0.1 (−0.3,6.9) 0.1 (−0.3,5.3) 0.12
Visual acuity, last visit (logMAR, n=363) 0.0 (−0.3,6.9) 0.1 (−0.3,6.9) 0.06
Visual field grade, first visit (n=381) 2.5 (1.0,4.5) 2.5 (1.0,4.0) 0.74
Visual field grade, last visit (n=356) 2.0 (1.0,4.0) 2.0 (1.0,4.0) 0.08
HVF MD, first visit (n=284) −4.5 (0.2,−33.5) −4.6 (0.3, −33.4) 0.32
HVFMD, last visit (n=289) −3.3 (0.1,−29.3) −3.6 (0.3,−33.1) 0.36
Severe visual loss (n=414) 29 (11.3%) 28 (17.7%) 0.07
Papilledema, first exam(n=385) 0.02
 0 10 (4%) 4 (2%)
 1 23 (10%) 15 (10%)
 2 59 (25%) 23 (16%)
 3 81 (34%) 51 (34%)
 4 41 (17%) 36 (24%)
 5 23 (10%) 19 (13%)
Papilledema, last exam(n=361) 0.08
 0 98 (45%) 56 (39%)
 1 61 (28%) 38 (26%)
 2 42 (19%) 28 (19%)
 3 15 (7%) 11 (8%)
 4 1 (<1%) 7 (5%)
 5 0 (0%) 4 (3%)

Severe visual loss = corrected visual acuity less than or equal to 20/200 or total visual field less than 20°.

HVF MD = Humphrey visual field mean deviation (dB).