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. 2016 Dec 29;11(12):e0168714. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168714

Table 2. Regression model coefficient point estimates (95% CI) for models of VA outcomes as a function of ALS disease variables with control subjects assumed to have no limitations.

Visual acuity outcome Functional impairment (48-ALSFRS-R) Functional impairment (MMT) Disease duration (years)
100% HCVA -0.10 (-0.32, 0.11) -0.01 (-0.09, 0.10) 0.24 (-0.74, 1.22)
p = 0.35 p = 0.93 p = 0.63
2.5% LCVA -0.15 (-0.50, 0.21) -0.04 (-0.21, 0.17) -0.71 (-2.95, 1.53)
p = 0.41 p = 0.68 p = 0.53
1.25% LCVA -0.30 (-0.61, 0.02) -0.04 (-0.19, 0.12) -1.92 (-3.42, -0.42)
p = 0.07 p = 0.64 p = 0.01

HCVA: high contrast visual acuity, LCVA: low contrast visual acuity, ALSFRS-R: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis functional rating score with respiration, MMT: manual motor testing,

Coefficients are from generalized estimating models of monocular VA accounting for age and within subject correlation