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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 21.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2018 Jan 9;187:108–116. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2017.12.024

TABLE 1.

Baseline Demographic and Clinical Features in Study Sample of Patients With Disc Hemorrhages, Retinal Vein Occlusions, and Retinal Macroaneurysms

Demographic and Clinical Features DH (N = 40) RVO (N = 25) MA (N = 14) P Value for
DH vs RVO
P Value for
DH vs MA
P Value for
RVO vs MA

Age in years, mean (SD) 66.0 (9.4) 64.5 (12.8) 73.5 (18.1)   .76a      .0026a      .0073a
Female sex, n (%)    32 (80.0)    12 (48.0)    12 (85.7)      .0073b .99c    .020b
Hypertension, n (%)    18 (45.0)    19 (76.0)    10 (71.4)    .014b   .029b .99c
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)      5 (12.5)      4 (16.0)      3 (21.4) .71c .41c .69c
Using blood thinning medication, n (%)    15 (37.5)    10 (40.0)    10 (71.4) .84b   .028b   .060b
LogMAR best-corrected visual acuity, mean (SD)   0.07 (0.1)   0.4 (0.4)   0.98 (1.0) <.0001a <.0001a .20a
Intraocular pressure in affected eye at time of hemorrhage discovery, in mm Hg, mean (SD)   14.2 (2.8)   15.8 (5.4)   14.4 (2.7) .25a .88a .42a
Maximum intraocular pressure in affected eye, in mm Hg, mean (SD) (n = 38)   19.5 (5.0) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Cup-to-disc ratio in affected eye at time of hemorrhage discovery, mean (SD)      0.7 (0.1) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mean deviation on reliable visual field closest to time of hemorrhage discovery in affected eye in decibels, mean (SD) (n = 39) −3.6 (3.0) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Time from symptoms to imaging in weeks, mean (SD) N/A   5.1 (5.0)   3.2 (2.7) N/A N/A .20a
Hemorrhage descriptors
 ΔA (arterial – hemorrhage densitometry), mean (SD), pixel intensity units   6.9 (7.1)   14.6 (7.7)   5.3 (5.9) <.0001a .49a     .00031a
 ΔV (venous – hemorrhage densitometry), mean (SD), pixel intensity units −4.7 (8.0)   6.4 (6.3) −6.0 (4.6) <.0001a .36a <.0001a
 Length-to-width ratio, mean (SD)   4.9 (2.5) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

DH = disc hemorrhage; MA = microaneurysm; N/A = not available; RVO = retina vein occlusion; SD = standard deviation.

a

Mann-Whitney U test.

b

χ2 test.

c

Fisher exact test.