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. 2020 Feb 24;15(2):e0229260. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229260

Table 1. Demographic parameters of all virus-associated anterior uveitis cohorts.

P Value
Total CMV HSV VZV RV MV CMV vs HSV CMV vs VZV CMV vs RV CMV vs MV HSV vs VZV HSV vs RV HSV vs MV VZV vs RV VZV vs MV RV vs. MV
Number of patients (%) 270 57 (21) 77 (29) 45 (17) 77 (29) 14 (5)
Median age at presentation (range) 52 (19–96) 42 (19–89) 56 (19–87) 67 (19–96) 44 (19–76) 75 (28–81) <0.0001 0.0022 0.0018 0.7373 0.0021 0.3242 0.0004 0.1183 0.0004 0.3465 0.0004
Gender
Female (%) 120 (44) 21 (37) 40 (52) 25 (56) 30 (39) 4 (29) 0.1029 0.0826 0.0593 0.8028 0.5616 0.3853 0.1056 0.1074 0.0755 0.0778 0.4598
Male (%) 150 (56) 36 (63) 37 (48) 20 (44) 47 (61) 10 (71)
Median of Antibody-Index (GWC) (range) 5.6 (1.31–485.5) 7.265 (1.6–485.5) 5.495 (2.1–109.7) 4.330 (1.31–106.6) 6.450 (1.89–199.7) 3.94 (1.91–83.33) 0.0038 0.0423 0.0047 0.6101 0.0021 0.1842 0.0972 0.0708 0.0059 0.6107 0.0028
Unilateral 230 (85) 56 (98) 66 (86) 34 (76) 62 (81) 12 (86) 0.0149 0.012 0.0004 0.0018 0.0368 0.1591 0.3895 >0.999 0.5183 0.4232 0.6464
Bilateral 40 (15) 1 (2) 11 (14) 11 (24) 15 (19) 2 (14)
Acute course 123 (46) 55 (96) 25 (32) 23 (55) 10 (16) 7 (50) <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.042 0.0274 0.2063 <0.0001 0.9421 0.006
Chronic course 147 (54) 2 (4) 52 (68) 22 (49) 52 (84) 7 (50)
Previous keratitis 150 (56) 0 (0) 44 (57) 23 (51) 25 (40) 6 (43) <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.5183 0.0487 0.320 0.268 0.5895 0.816
Visual acuity median in logMAR (range) 0.2 (0–2.5) 0 (0–2) 0.2 (-0.1–2.5) 0.5 (0–2.5) 0.2 (0–2.5) 0.3 (0–1) <0.0001 0.0028 <0.0001 0.0020 0.0035 0.0028 0.8261 0.5886 0.0003 0.0520 0.3528
Intra ocular pressure (IOP) median in mmHG (range) 18 (6–58) 27 (10–55) 16 (6–38) 18 (7–40) 16 (8–58) 16.5 (8–42) <0.0001 <0.0001 0.0009 <0.0001 0.0163 0.1116 0.8376 0.7248 0.1571 0.7274 0.7913
IOP
>21–29 mmHg 81 (30) 27 (47) 15 (19) 14 (31) 22 (29) 3 (21) <0.0001 0.0002 0.2419 0.0007 0.4906 0.0099 0.7416 0.0037 0.0339 0.0632 0.0104
    Acute course 48 (59) 27 (100) 8 (53) 6 (43) 5 (23) 2 (67)
    Chronic course 33 (41) 0 (0) 7 (47) 8 (57) 17 (77) 1 (33)
IOP
>30 mmHg 39 (14) 19 (33) 3 (4) 8 (18) 6 (8) 3 (21) 0.3718 0.1487 0.3486 0.4373 0.9286 0.1394 0.5 0.2 0.7299 0.2606 0.2976
    Acute course 25 (64) 19 (100) 1 (33) 3 (38) 0 (0) 2 (67)
    Chronic course 14 (36) 0 (0) 2 (67) 5 (62) 6 (100) 1 (33)
Number of local antiglaucomatous eye drops <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.1487 0.2645 0.3967 0.6740 0.2628 0.042 0.3138
0 125 10 38 27 45 5
1 50 5 16 10 16 3
2 61 21 18 8 10 4
3 34 21 5 0 6 2
Systemic acetazolamide
yes 222 (82) 34 (60) 69 (90) 35 (78) 71 (82) 10 (71) <0.0001 <0.0001 0.052 <0.0001 0.4159 0.0754 0.5606 0.0644 0.0227 0.6258 0.0222
no 48 (18) 23 (40) 8 (10) 10 (22) 6 (8) 4 (29)

CMV = cytomegalovirus, GWC = Goldmann–Witmer coefficient, HSV = herpes simplex virus, IOP = Intraocular pressure, logMAR = log of the Minimum Angle, MV = multiple virus, RV = rubella virus, VZV = varicella-zoster virus

Kruskal-Wallis test, Chi-square-Test, Mann-Whitney Test were performed.