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. 2018 Oct 10;33(3):419–427. doi: 10.1038/s41433-018-0228-7

Table1.

Comparison of baseline clinical characteristic between groups

Characteristics Responders (n = 70) Non-responders (n = 16) P value Non-recurrent eyes (n = 44) Recurrent eyes (n = 26) P value
Mean ± SD (range)
  Age (years) 66.7 ± 6.5 (52–83) 65.4 ± 3.7 (54–70) 0.280a 66.0 ± 6.9 (52–80) 67.9 ± 6.0 (60–83) 0.263a
  Baseline BCVA (LogMAR) 0.39 ± 0.33 (0.00–1.70) 0.51 ± 0.29 (0.10–1.10) 0.191a 0.43 ± 0.37 (0.00–1.70) 0.34 ± 0.26 (0.00–0.90) 0.291a
  Refractive error (diopter) 0.13 ± 1.36 (−3.50–3.00) 0.31 ± 0.73 (−1.00–1.25) 0.601a −0.02 ± 1.43 (−3.50–3.00) 0.38 ± 1.24 (−2.75–3.00) 0.243a
  Previous anti-VEGF treatments (n) 2.9 ± 3.2 (0–11) 2.6 ± 3.4 (0–10) 0.796a 2.7 ± 3.1 (0–11) 3.2 ± 3.4 (0–11) 0.554a
  Central macular thickness (μm), 369 ± 109 (141–843) 378 ± 70 (232–455) 0.781a 379 ± 129 (141–843) 354 ± 66 (254–540) 0.362a
  GLD of lesion (μm) 2458 ± 737 (1034–4735) 2543 ± 791 (1276–4182) 0.718a 2403 ± 821 (1034–4735) 2544 ± 591 (1515–4233) 0.450b
  Number of polyps (n) 2.0 ± 1.6 (1–9) 1.7 ± 1.0 (1–4) 0.555a 2.0 ± 1.6 (1–9) 2.0 ± 1.7 (1–9) 0.927a
  Height of PED (μm) 247 ± 172 (0–805) 224 ± 111 (0–471) 0.623a 272 ± 173 (0–805) 209 ± 167 (0–601) 0.337a
  n (%)
  Gender (male/female) 49/21 12/4 0.750c 28/16 21/4 0.073c
  Treatment-naive eyes 35 (50) 11 (68) 0.175c 21 (48) 14 (54) 0.976c
  Choroidal hyperpermeability 31 (44) 2 (13) 0.018c 19 (43) 12 (46) 0.809c
Presence of fluid
  Subretinal 69 (99) 15 (94) 0.248c 44 (100) 25 (96) 0.190c
  Intraretinal 12 (17) 0 (0) 0.086c 8 (18) 4 (27) 0.668c
  PED 60 (86) 13 (81) 0.706c 38 (86) 22 (85) 0.293c
 Lesion location 0.782c 0.498c
  Macula 68 (97) 16 (100) 43 (98) 25 (96)
  Peripapillary 2 (10) 0 (0) 1 (2) 1 (4)

SD standard deviation, BCVA best-corrected visual acuity, VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor, GLD greatest linear dimension identified by indocyanine angiography, PED pigment epithelial detachment.

aMann–Whitney test between groups

bStudent’s t-test between groups

cChi-square test between groups