Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of retinitis pigmentosa patients at presentation
| Number (%) | |
|---|---|
| Presenting complaints (n=96)* | |
| Poor vision | 67 (69.8) |
| Night blindness | 56 (58.3) |
| Eye ache | 10 (10.4) |
| Deafness | 3 (3.1) |
| Watering | 2 (2.1) |
| Floaters | 1 (1.0) |
| Positive family history (n=21)* | |
| Siblings | 15 (71.4) |
| Parents | 4 (19.1) |
| Grandparents | 3 (14.3) |
| Refractive error (n=36) | |
| Myopic astigmatism | 20 (55.5) |
| Hypermetropic astigmatism | 6 (16.7) |
| Myopia | 6 (16.7) |
| Hypermetropia | 4 (11.1) |
| Retinal pigmentation (n=96) | |
| Midperiphery | 57 (59.4) |
| Posterior pole | 11 (11.5) |
| Total (to disc margins) | 20 (20.8) |
| Sector | 6 (6.2) |
| Albescens | 2 (2.1) |
| Maculopathy (n=35) | |
| Edematous maculopathy | 19 (54.3) |
| Atrophic maculopathy | 11 (31.4) |
| Cellophane maculopathy | 3 (8.6) |
| Mixed maculopathy | 2 (5.7) |
Note:
*
Some of the patients had more than one response.