Table. Demographic Characteristics, Clinical Examination Findings, and Imaging Characteristics of 65 Premature Infants Screened for ROP.
| Characteristic | No. (%) of Infants | |
|---|---|---|
| No Vitreous Band (n = 41) | Vitreous Band (n = 24)a | |
| Demographic characteristic | ||
| Male | 22 (55) | 11 (46) |
| Birth weight, mean (SD), g | 974 (281) | 1039 (297) |
| Gestational age, mean (SD), wk | 28.2 (3.0) | 27.6 (2.0) |
| Postmenstrual age at imaging, mean (SD), wk | 34.3 (3.2) | 34.3 (2.5) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| White | 11 (46) | 25 (61) |
| Hispanic | 4 (17) | 6 (15) |
| Native American | 1 (4) | 2 (5) |
| African American | 1 (4) | 0 |
| Pacific Islander | 1 (4) | 0 |
| Asian | 2 (8) | 1 (2) |
| Otherb | 4 (17) | 4 (10) |
| Indirect ophthalmic examination findings | ||
| ROP stage 0 | 30 (73) | 13 (54) |
| ROP stage 1 | 4 (10) | 4 (17) |
| ROP stage 2 | 3 (7) | 1 (4) |
| ROP stage 3 | 4 (10) | 6 (25) |
| Plus disease | 2 (5) | 2 (8) |
| Type 1 ROP | 3 (7) | 3 (12) |
| Vitreous haze | 5 (21) | 1 (4) |
| SD-OCT findings | ||
| Punctate hyperreflective vitreous opacities | 10 (24) | 9 (38) |
| Cystoid macular edema | 11 (27) | 15 (62) |
| Epiretinal membrane | 6 (15) | 15 (62) |
Abbreviations: ROP, retinopathy of prematurity; SD-OCT, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.
a
Infant was categorized as having a vitreous band if he or she ever had a vitreous band, including tractional and nontractional vitreous bands, detected in the right eye using handheld SD-OCT at any point throughout ROP screening.
b
Patients who did not have a race/ethnicity identified in their medical record.