Table S7.
Treatment response rates of bevacizumab and photocoagulation for the treatment of diabetic macular edema
| Author | Year | Definition of treatment response | IVB | Photocoagulation | RR (95% CI) | ||
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| No of responses | No of nonresponses | No of responses | No of nonresponses | ||||
| Scott et al28 | 2007 | Improving ≥ 15 letters of ETDRS letters | 8 | 60 | 1 | 18 | 2.24 (0.30–16.78) |
| Soheilian et al29 | 2009 | Improving ≥ 2 lines of Snellen fraction | 14 | 31 | 5 | 37 | 2.49 (0.98–6.30) |
| Michaelides et al27 | 2010 | Improving ≥ 15 letters of ETDRS letters | 5 | 37 | 2 | 36 | 2.26 (0.47–10.98) |
| Pooled RR | 2.40 (1.14–5.05) | ||||||
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; IVB, intravitreal bevacizumab; RR, relative risk; ETDRS, early treatment diabetic retinopathy study.