Table 3. Correlation between VEP and VA, CSF Pressure, Swollen optic disc and CD4 count in 66 patients.
VEP Latency of Right Eye | p value | VEP Latency of Left Eye | p value | VEP Amplitude of Right Eye | P value | VEP amplitude of Left eye | P value | ||||||
n = 64 | n = 66 | n = 64 | n = 66 | ||||||||||
Normal | Abnormal | Normal | Abnormal | Normal | Abnormal | Normal | Abnormal | ||||||
Visual Acuity | Normal | 27 | 13 | 0.003 | 26 | 19 | 0.03 | 30 | 10 | 0.7 | 35 | 10 | 0.5 |
(67.5%) | (32.5%) | (57.8%) | (42.2%) | (75%) | (25%) | (77.8%) | (22.2%) | ||||||
Abnormal | 7 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 3 | |||||
(29.2%) | (70.8%) | (28.6%) | (71.4%) | (79.2%) | (20.8%) | (85.7%) | (14.3%) | ||||||
CSF Pressure | Normal | 11 | 9 | 0.9 | 10 | 9 | 0.6 | 17 | 3 | 0.3 | 15 | 4 | 0.9 |
Elevated | 21 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 28 | 11 | 33 | 8 | |||||
Swollen optic disc | No | 29 | 18 | 0.02 | 26 | 21 | 0.047 | 36 | 11 | 0.9 | 37 | 10 | 0.7 |
Yes | 5 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 3 | |||||
CD4 count | <50 | 19 | 17 | 0.6 | 16 | 22 | 0.6 | 28 | 8 | 0.2 | 30 | 8 | 0.9 |
50–100 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 3 | |||||
101–199 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
>200 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
VEP – Visual Evoked Potential, Visual Acuity refers to Best Corrected Visual Acuity.