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. 2017 Sep 7;2(1):e000061. doi: 10.1136/bmjophth-2016-000061

Table 4.

Clinical response of 2% ganciclovir eye drop compared with baseline 1 week–6 months

Baseline 1 week 4 weeks 2 months 3 months 4 months 5 months 6 months
Median
(min–max)
Median
(min–max)
Median
(min–max)
Median
(min–max)
Median
(min–max)
Median
(min–max)
Median
(min–max)
Median
(min–max)
Visual acuity 0.2 (0–1.4) 0.3 (0–1.4) 0.5 (0–1.1) 0.2 (0–1.3) 0.4 (0–1.3) 0.2 (0–1.1) 0.2 (0–1.1) 0.1 (0–1.1)
p = 0.031 p = 0.095 p = 0.078 p = 0.065 p= 0.065 p= 0.020 p= 0.011
Cell 0.5 (0–4) 0 (0–3) 0 (0–1) 0 (0–1) 0 (0–0.5) 0 (0–2) 0 (0–1) 0 (0–1)
p = 0.058 p = 0.034 p = 0.020 p = 0.007 p= 0.008 p= 0.034 p= 0.007
IOP 28 (14–44) 13 (12–20) 15 (8–18) 14 (8–16) 11 (8–24) 14 (8–16) 14 (9–29) 14 (7–18)
p = 0.013 p = 0.012 p = 0.006 p = 0.11 p= 0.005 p= 0.012 p= 0.003
Antiglaucoma drug 3 (0–6) 2 (0–5) 2 (0–4) 2 (0–4) 1 (0–3) 1 (0–4) 1 (0–4) 1 (0–3)
p = 0.024 p = 0.010 p = 0.011 p = 0.007 p= 0.011 p= 0.011 p= 0.007
Steroid 4 (2–16) 4 (0–16) 2 (0–8) 2 (0–4) 2 (0–4) 2 (0–8) 2 (0–4) 1 (0–4)
p = 0.176 p = 0.017 p = 0.018 p = 0.11 p= 0.005 p= 0.007 p= 0.005
KPs present 10 (90.9%) 4 (36.36%) 0 0 0 0 1 (9.09%) 0
p = 0.031 NA NA NA NA p= 0.004 NA

Wilcoxon signed-rank test.

McNemar test.

Significant (p<0.05).

IOP, intraocular pressure; KPs, keratic precipitates.