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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Optom Vis Sci. 2014 Aug;91(8):1000–1011. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000000314

Table 1.

Participant demographics and vision characteristics.

Central Vision Loss

Normally-Sighted (n = 23) Scotoma (n = 16) Nonscotoma (n = 7)

Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Demographics
 Age (years) 62.5 (16.5) 65.4 (15.0) 48.8 (16.8)
 Gender, Male (%) 52% 56% 57%
 Length of Vision Impairment (years) - 22.8 (14.9) 39.3 (15.8)

Vision Measures
 Visual Acuity (logMAR)↓ 0.05 (0.09) 0.72 (0.21) 0.60 (0.21)
 Contrast Sensitivity (log units)↑ 1.87 (0.15)a 1.28 (0.20) 1.63 (0.37)

Note. All tests were performed binocularly.

a

n = 22

↑Higher scores indicate better performance

↓Lower scores indicate better performance