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. 2019 Aug 5;5(2):e000933. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2019-000933

Table 4.

Evolution of visual impairment according to the aetiology and disease outcome

Cohort (n=147) JIA+ANA (n=58) JIA−ANA (n=24) ERA (n=9) Idiopathic uveitis (n=36) Sarcoidosis (n=9) Others uveitis (n=11)
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Irreversible impairement
 Legal blindness (LogMAR=1), monocular blindness and LogMAR between 0.9 and 0.4 in fellow eye 8 (5) 3 (5) 2 (8) 0 1 (3) 1 (11) 1 (9)
 Isolated monocular blindness 9 (6) 2 (3) 3 (13) 1 (11) 2 (5.5) 0 2 (18)
 Visual impairment, both eyes (LogMAR between 0.9 and 0.4) 8 (5) 3 (5) 1 (4) 0 2 (5.5) 1 (11) 2 (18)
 Visual impairment, one eye (LogMAR between 0.9 and 0.4) 6 (4) 3 (5) 0 0 3 (8.3) 0 0
Transient loss
 Legal blondness 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Visual impairment, both eyes (LogMAR between 0.9 and 0.4) 6 (4) 2 (3) 0 0 3 (8.3) 0 1 (9)
 Visual impairment, one eye (LogMAR between 0.9 and 0.4) 8 (5) 1 (1.5) 1 (14) 2 (22) 3 (8.3) 0 1 (9)
Total
 Overall 45 (30) 14 (24) 7 (38) 3 (33) 14 (38) 2 (22) 7 (63)
 Long-term loss 31 (21) 11 (19) 6 (25) 1 (11) 8 (22) 2 (22) 5 (45)
 Transient loss 14 (10) 3 (5) 1 (4) 2 (22) 6 (16) 2 (16)

ANA, antinuclear antibody; ERA, enthesitis-related arthritis; JIA, juvenile idiopathic arthritis.