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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 19.
Published in final edited form as: Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Nov 7;50(4):1838–1847. doi: 10.1167/iovs.08-2029

Table 1.

Summary of Retinal Functional and Structural Testing

Subject Age Age at Onset BCVA GVF Foveal Threshold Color OCT Foveal Thickness Rod ERG b-Wave Amplitude* Rod ERG b-Wave Timing (msec) Cone ERG Flicker Amplitude Cone Flicker Timing§ (msec) mfERG Cone Spacing Mean Z-Score T8993C Mutant Heteroplasmy in Blood|| T8993C Mutant Heteroplasmy in Hair Follicles||
I-1 48 34 20/50 Dense paracentral scotoma 27 dB 6 crossing errors, tritan axis of confusion 74 μm 57 103.5 42 36.5 Severe reduction centrally 6.37 78 87
II-1 28 12 5/125 Large dense central scotoma Not done (unstable fixation) Not able Not done (unstable fixation) 29 102.5 25 35.9 Not done (unstable fixation) Not done 78 99
II-2 26 None 20/16 Full 38 dB No errors 141 μm 70 86.5 83 28.6 Normal −0.09 42 54
II-3 22 18 20/25 Slight constriction, 14e target 35 dB 1 crossing error, tritan axis 82 μm 22 99.5 22 33.7 Moderate reduction centrally 6.92 95 99
II-4 16 10 20/50 Constriction to 20° centrally 32 dB 2 crossing errors, tritan axis 99 μm 39 102.5 46 35.1 Severe reduction centrally 6.36 92 99
*

Expressed as a percentage of the normal mean amplitude (272 μV). 2 SD below normal is 65% for rod b-wave.

Expressed as a percentage of the normal mean amplitude (121 μV). 2 SD below normal is 54% for cone flicker.

Normal rod timing is <105 msec.

§

Normal cone flicker timing is <32 msec.

||

The degree of T8993C mutant heteroplasmy is expressed as percent of total mitochondrial DNA.