Table 1.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Study Participants
| Study Group |
P Value* |
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| Progressors (N = 14) |
Nonprogressors (N = 14) |
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| Eyes, n (%) | |||
| Study eye | 14 (100) | 14 (100) | |
| Fellow eye | 9 (64) | 0 | |
| Data Available, n (%) | |||
| At time of fluid detection | 14 (100) | 14 (100) | |
| 6 months prior to fluid detection | 14 (100) | 14 (100) | |
| 12 months prior to fluid detection | 11 (79) | 14 (100) | |
| Age (mean ± SD) | 66.9 ± 7.0 | 66.9 ± 7.0 | 0.98 |
| Female sex, n (%) | 14 (100) | 14 (100) | 1.00 |
| Smoking status, n (%) | |||
| Never smoked | 8 (57) | 8 (57) | 0.46 |
| Exsmoker | 6 (43) | 4 (29) | |
| Current smoker | 0 (0) | 2 (14) | |
| Time in months between reviews, mean ± SD | |||
| −6 month to time of detection | 6.5 ± 0.8 | 6.2 ± 0.7 | 0.42 |
| −12- to −6-month period | 6.3 ± 0.6 | 6.0 ± 0.5 | 0.30 |
| Subretinal fluid detection at routine follow-up, n (%) | 14 (100) | 0 (0) | |
| Symptomatic at time fluid detection, n (%) | 0 (0) | NA | |
*
P values derived via two-sample t-tests for continuous data and Fisher's exact test for categoric data.