Table 4.

The effect of the different treatments on RPE and BM deposit severity, vacuolization, and BM thickness.

	WT-C	AE-C	AE-MV15	AE-MV50	AE-LUT
BM thickness	0.45 ± 0.03**	1.08 ± 0.05	0.78 ± 0.07	0.58 ± 0.04*	0.75 ± 0.06
Frequency of images with evidence of BLamD	−	+++	++	+	++
Presence of lucent areas in BM	−	++	+	−	+
Vacuolization in RPE	−	+++	+	+	+

Absence (−), any (+), moderate (++), and severe (+++) presence. BM thickness shown in µm (mean ± SD). *P < 0.05 and **P < 0.001 versus AE-C (n = 3-4 for each group).