Table 2.
Visual acuity thresholds of blast-exposed and contralateral eyes at increasing times post-blast.
Blast Exposure | 3 days | 7 days | 14 days | 28 days |
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contralateral | 0.38 ± 0.08 (14) | 0.40 ± 0.06 (15) | 0.34 ± 0.10 (9) | 0.42 ± 0.07 (8) |
23.6 psi | 0.45 ± 0.08 (7) | 0.41 ± 0.04 (7) | 0.36 ± 0.04 (4) | 0.28 (1) |
26.4 psi | 0.37 ± 0.05 (6) | 0.40 ± 0.06 (7) | 0.40 ± 0.03 (4) | 0.39 ± 0.03 (5) |
30.4 psi | 0.25 (1) | 0.38 ± 0.13 (3) | 0.15 ± 0.09 (4) | 0.35 ± 0.08 (2) |
Values are in units of cycles/degree and are shown ± standard deviation (number of mice). The number of mice in the 30.4psi groups was very low due to the high mortality rate and likely contributed to the lack of statistical significance.