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. 2015 Oct 4;2015:429251. doi: 10.1155/2015/429251

Table 4.

Risk scoring system used to predict poor visual outcomes after vitrectomy in patients with acute-onset vitreous hemorrhage (VH) of preoperatively unknown origin.

Categories Reference value (W) Beta Beta(WW ref) Point = beta(WW ref)/B [Clarify] Score
Age
 24–40 33.5 (W ref) −0.004 0 0 0
 40–49 44.5 −0.043 −1.0000854 −1
 50–59 54.5 −0.082 −1.9092539 −2
 60–69 64.5 −0.121 −2.8184224 −3
 >70 78.5 −0.176 −4.0912583 −4
Preoperative LogMAR BCVA in affected eye
 0–0.5 0.25 (W ref) −0.112 0 0 0
 0.5–1.0 0.75 −0.056 −1.3076873 −1
 1.0–1.5 1.25 −0.112 −2.6153746 −3
 1.5–2.0 1.75 −0.169 −3.9230619 −4
 2.0–2.5 2.25 −0.225 −5.2307491 −5
 2.5–3.0 2.75 −0.281 −6.5384364 −7
Preoperative LogMAR BCVA in the fellow eye
 0–0.5 0.25 (W ref) −0.096 0 0 0
 0.5–1.0 0.75 −0.048101477 −1.118639 −1
 1.0–1.5 1.25 −0.096202955 −2.237278 −2
 1.5–2.0 1.75 −0.144304432 −3.355917 −3
 2.0–2.5 2.25 −0.19240591 −4.474556 −4
 2.5–3.0 2.75 −0.240507387 −5.5931951 −6
Drusen in the fellow eye
 no 0 (W ref) −0.358 0 0 0
 yes 1 −0.358 −8.3255814 −8

BCVA, best-corrected visual acuity.

W: reference value.

Beta: beta coefficients used in the logistic regression model.

B: number of regression units that correspond to 1 point. We let B = 0.043 reflect the increase in risk associated with 10-year increases in age.