Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
| Occlu-pad n=72 (%) |
Patching n=66 (%) |
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| Male | 36 (50) | 36 (55) |
| Female | 36 (50) | 30 (45) |
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| Age at enrollment | ||
| 3 to < 5 years | 29 (40) | 24 (36) |
| 5 to 7 years | 25 (34) | 20 (30) |
| 7 to 9 years | 18 (25) | 22 (33) |
| Mean ± SD | 5.5 ± 1.7 | 5.0 ± 1.5 |
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| Type of amblyopia | ||
| Anisometropia | 35 (48) | 35 (53) |
| Strabismus | 37 (51) | 31 (46) |
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| Maximum magnitude of tropia | ||
| Deviation at distance measured by SPCT,Δ | ||
| Orthotropic | 42(58) | 34(52) |
| 1-9 | 12(17) | 14(21) |
| 10>= | 18(25) | 18(27) |
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| Maximum magnitude of tropia | ||
| Deviation at near measured by SPCT,Δ | ||
| Orthotropic | 42(58) | 36(55) |
| 1-9 | 8(11) | 18(27) |
| 10>= | 22(31) | 12(18) |
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| Distance visual acuity in amblyopic eye | (LogMAR) | |
| 1.3 to 1.0 | 22 (30) | 20 (30) |
| 0.8 to 0.4 | 30 (41) | 26 (39) |
| 0.3 to 0.15 | 20 (27) | 20 (30) |
| Mean ± SD | 4.5 ± 1.7 | 4.2 ± 1.2 |
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| Distance visual acuity in fellow eye | (LogMAR) | |
| 0.1 to 0.0 | 4 (5) | 6 (9) |
| ≥ -0.1 | 68 (94) | 60 (90) |
| Mean ± SD | -0.05 ± 0.1 | -0.05 ± 0.1 |
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| Refractive error in amblyopic eye (SE) | ||
| 0 to < +4.00D | 15 (20) | 12 (18) |
| +4.00D to < +7.00D | 41 (56) | 35 (53) |
| ≥ +7.00D | 16 (22) | 19 (28) |
| Mean ± SD (Diopter) | 5.5 ± 2.4 | 5.8 ± 1.6 |
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| Refractive error in amblyopic eye | (Astigmatism) | |
| 0.00D to <0.50D | 21(29) | 21(32) |
| 0.50D to <1.00D | 15(21) | 10(15) |
| 1.00D to <1.50D | 16(22) | 18(27) |
| ≥1.50 | 20(28) | 17(26) |
| Mean ± SD(Diopter) | 1.0±0.9 | 1.2±1.0 |
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| Refractive error in fellow eye (SE) | ||
| 0 to < +4.00D | 55(76) | 53(80) |
| +4.00D to < +7.00D | 11(15) | 7(11) |
| ≥ +7.00D | 6(8) | 6(9) |
| Mean(SD)D | 2.8±3.0 | 3.1±3.9 |
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| Prior amblyopia treatment | ||
| None | 60(83) | 66(91) |
| Patching | 9(13) | 3(5) |
| Atropine | 0(0) | 2(3) |
| Patching and atropine | 3(4) | 1(1) |