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. 2017 Jan 20;31(6):978–980. doi: 10.1038/eye.2016.324

Table 1. Included patients fulfil a selected criteria in visual acuity (LogMAR), first-treated eye, visual acuity ≥0.7, and fellow eye visual acuity ≤0.3.

All patients Age (years) Females Baseline VA Most recent VA Follow-up days Subgroup patients Baseline VA Most recent VA
With selected visual criteria           Where worse-seeing eye -> better-seeing eye    
Unilateral-treated 319 patients 78 58%     855 Unilateral-treated 20 patients    
 First eye     0.85 (42.3) (CL: 0.89–0.85) 0.59 (55.7) (CL: 0.64–0.54)    First eye 0.82 (43.8) 0.19 (75.3)
 Fellow eye     0.14 (78.2) (CL: 0.15–0.12) 0.13 (78.5) (CL: 0.15–0.11)    Fellow eye 0.19 (75.3) 0.43 (63.4)
                 
Bilateral-treated 152 patients 80 76%     1144 Bilateral-treated 20 patients    
 First eye     0.89 (40.7) (CL: 0.92–0.85) 0.80 (45.2) (CL: 0.89–0.74)    First eye 0.80 (45.2) 0.43 (63.4)
 Second eye     0.17a (76.6) (CL: 0.18–0.15) 0.37 (66.7) (CL: 0.43–0.31)    Second eye 0.20a (75.0) 0.96 (37.1)

Abbreviations: CL, confidence limit; ETDRS, Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study.

Mean values, 95% CL.

Number of ETDRS letters in parenthesis next to visual acuity (LogMAR).

Note that visual gains are limited in this cohort compared with other cohorts as it is a select group with a long follow-up time.

a

Baseline VA for second eyes was assessed before diagnosis of nAMD in second-treated eye.