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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 8.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2014 Aug 1;158(5):1071–1078. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2014.07.036

Table.

Characteristics of Patients and Baseline Parameters of Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration Groups, With or Without Omega-3 Supplementation, and the Control Group

Parameter Wet AMD
Control (Group 4)a P Value
Anti-VEGF Plus Omega-3 (Group 1) Anti-VEGF (Group 2) Anti-VEGF Naïve (Group 3)
Age (y) 79.6 ± 1.81 79.00 ± 1.98 83.38 ± 2.32 68.25 ± 3.56 .0099b
No. female (%) 5 (56) 3 (50) 2 (29) 7 (86) .144c
Visual acuityd 0.61 ± 0.14 0.84 ± 0.17 0.78 ± 0.15 n.a. .6606b
No. of previous injections 8 ± 1.19 6 ± 1.51 n.a. n.a. .5287b
Time from last injection (wks) 8 ± 0.40 8 ± 0.36 n.a. n.a. .9999b

No. of patients 9 6 7 8 AMD = age-related macular degeneration; n.a. = not applicable; VEGF = vascular endothelial growth factor.

a

Epiretinal membrane and macular hole patients.

b

Student t test.

c

Fisher exact probability test.

d

Logarithm of the minimal angle of resolution units.