Table 3.
Univariate analysis of predictors of need of aggressive treatment (steroids/surgery) on 6 month follow-up.
| Predictors | Need of Steroids |
p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 8) | No (n = 32) | ||
| Age in years (Mean ± SD) | 33.18 ± 11.2 | 32.28 ± 11.4 | 0.849 |
| Gender- Female | 8 | 30 | 0.468 |
| Headache | 5 | 29 | 0.082 |
| TVOs | 2 | 19 | 0.120 |
| Diplopia | 1 | 8 | 0.655 |
| Visual Deficit | 3 | 7 | 0.653 |
| High BMI@(in kg/m2 (Mean ± SD)) | 8 | 24 | 0.102 |
| CSF$ pressure in mm of H2O (Mean±SD) | 242.50 ± 23.14 | 272.96 ± 59.76 | 0.168 |
| Baseline RNFL* in µm (Mean±SD) | 207.87 ± 94.5 | 158.59 ± 66.20 | 0.198 |
| Baseline P100 latency on VEP^ in msec (Mean±SD) | 126.0 ± 6.8 | 110.12 ± 9.43 | 0.00 |
| Abnormal MRI | 8 | 25 | 0.309 |
| Severe visual loss at outset | 8 | 18 | 0.034 |
@ BMI- Body Mass index; $ CSF- Cerebro Spinal Fluid; *RNFL- Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer; ^ VEP- Visual Evoked Potential