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. 2014 Nov 27;14:150. doi: 10.1186/1471-2415-14-150

Table 1.

Demographics and patient characteristics

Race, n (%)
  Chinese 14 (73.7)
  Malay 3 (15.8)
  Others 2 (10.5)
Gender, n (%)
  Male 16 (84.2)
  Female 3 (15.8)
HAART use during RD, n (%)
  Yes 18 (94.7)
  No 1 (5.3)
Intravitreal Ganciclovir use, n (%)
  Yes 18 (94.7)
  No 1 (5.3)
IRU before retinal detachment, n (%)
  Yes 7 (36.8)
  No 12 (63.2)
Mean age, years (SD)
  HIV diagnosis 40.6 (7.34)
  Retinal reattachment surgery 45.6 (9.35)
Median CD4 counts, cells /μL [Range]
  HIV diagnosis 97.0 [2 - 830]
  CMV retinitis diagnosis 53.0 [6 - 410]
  Retinal detachment (RD) 91.5 [15 - 571]
    Active CMVR at RD (n = 5) 67.0 [20 - 247]
    Inactive CMVR at RD (n = 13) 93.0 [15 - 571]
Median intervals, months [Range]
  HIV to RD 16.5 [3 - 210]
  CMV retinitis to RD 2.7 [0 - 121]
  HIV to commencement of HAART 14.6 [0 - 217]
  Commencement of HAART to RD 9.0 [-1 - 112]
  Immune recovery uveitis to RD 1.0 [0 - 12]

Received oral valganciclovir.

HAART: highly active anti-retroviral therapy, RD: retinal detachment, IRU: immune recovery uveitis, HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus, CMVR: cytomegalovirus retinitis.