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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2012 Sep 19;119(11):2312–2318. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.08.022

Table 7.

Change in Retinal Thickness from Baseline to Three Year Study Visit*

Ranibizumab + Prompt Laser treatment N = 136 Ranibizumab + Deferred Laser treatment N = 132
OCT Central Subfield Thickness

Thickness (μm) at 3-year visit
 Mean ± SD 249 ± 103 238 ± 65
 Median (25th, 75th percentile) 224 (192, 268) 229 (192, 274)
Change from baseline (μm)
 Mean ± SD −152 ± 165 −174 ± 139
 Median (25th, 75th percentile) −142 (−249, −55) −155 (−248, −66)
 Difference in mean change from ranibizumab + prompt laser treatment (95% CI) [P value]§ --- −1 (−20, +19) [P = 0.94]
Thickness <250 with at least a 25 μm decrease from baseline, no. (%) 80 (61%) 80 (63%)
 Relative risk (95% CI) [P value]§ --- 1.02 (0.84, 1.24) P = 0.82

OCT Retinal Volume

Total volume (mm3) at 3-year visit
 Mean ± SD 7.2 ± 1.4 7.0 ± 0.9
 Median (25th, 75th percentile) 6.9 (6.4, 7.5) 6.9 (6.5, 7.5)
Change from baseline (mm3)
 Mean±SD −1.6 ± 1.6 −1.8 ± 1.9
 Median (25th, 75th percentile) −1.2 (−2.6, −0.6) −1.3 (−2.1, −0.5)
 Difference in mean change from ranibizumab + prompt laser treatment(95% CI) [P value]§ --- −0.09 (−0.37, +0.20) P = 0.56

OCT = optical coherence tomography; SD = standard deviation; CI = confidence interval.

*

Includes only eyes with OCT measurements at baseline and 3-year study visits, visits occurring between 980 and 1204 days (between 140 and 172 weeks) from randomization were included as 3-year visits. When more than one visit occurred in this window, data from the visit closest to the 3-year target date were used.

Missing (or ungradable) data as follows for the ranibizumab + prompt laser treatment and ranibizumab + deferred laser treatment, respectively: 5 and 4.

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Based on longitudinal analysis, adjusted for baseline visual acuity and baseline CSF for OCT CSF change and baseline visual acuity and baseline volume for OCT volume change.

§

For comparison with ranibizumab + prompt laser treatment

Missing (or ungradable) data as follows for the ranibizumab + prompt laser treatment and ranibizumab + deferred laser treatment, respectively: 52 and 40.