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. 2020 Jun 12;105(4):549–554. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-315836

Table 1.

Demographic information and mean visual acuity at baseline and 6, 12, 18, 24 and 36 months (the number of eyes with a measurement at each point is shown in parentheses). Data on treatment burden and the numbers and percentages of eyes switching treatment are also shown

Anti-VEGF Macular laser Dexamethasone
Mean age at baseline 72.0 72.5 71.9
Gender (% male) 47.4 48.6 45.9
Baseline CF (%) 57 (1.3) 14 (2.2) 14 (2.1)
Baseline HM (%) 23 (0.6) 2 (0.3) 3 (0.4)
Mean VA in ETDRS letters (n)
At baseline 57.1 (3859) 62.3 (620) 53.1 (659)
At 6 months 65.9 (1598) 60.9 (110) 59.7 (188)
At 12 months 66.7 (1042) 63.2 (53) 57.6 (95)
At 18 months 66.6 (713) 60.8 (48) 56.1 (71)
At 24 months 67.2 (485) 56.4 (30) 59.3 (45)
At 36 months 68 (203) 50.1 (23) 62.9 (20)

anti-VEGF, anti-vascular endothelial growth factor; CF, counting fingers; HM, hand movement; VA, visual acuity.