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. 2020 Aug 17;22(8):e20007. doi: 10.2196/20007

Table 2.

Results from included papers.

Events (n) Patients (n) Intervention Outcome Reference
2 400 patients who were treated with recommended dosages of the drug for a mean of 8.7 years incidence of hydroxychloroquine-related retinopathy Mavrikakis et al [15]
0 526 hydroxychloroquine retinal toxicity was noted during the first 6 years of treatment Mavrikakis et al [15]
46 845 chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, or both ophthalmological alterations, confirmed by the ophthalmological examination Spinelli et al [16]
3 12 800 mg/day hydroxychloroquine developed retinal toxicity with scotomas in the Amsler grid and Humphrey 10-2 automated perimetry, as well as abnormal multifocal electroretinography Navajas et al [17]
0 11 long-term hydroxychloroquine documented blindness, in all cases attributed to a cause other than hydroxychloroquine-related ocular toxicity Singh et al [18]
35 678 hydroxychloroquine had hydroxychloroquine toxicity Chiu et al [19]
1 121 hydroxychloroquine prevalence of toxic retinopathy Cabral et al [20]
18 59 hydroxychloroquine retinal toxicity was detected Espandar et al [21]
9 778 antimalarial drugs suffered definite presence of antimalarial retinopathy Jover et al [22]
11 36 hydroxychloroquine had abnormal response densities in one or both eyes Maturi et al [23]
3 26 hydroxychloroquine results from electrophysiological and clinical evaluation, toxicity (bull’s eye maculopathy) Tzekov et al [24]
4 93 chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine therapy developed typical bull’s eye maculopathy Neubauer et al [25]