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Number of patients receiving intravitreal steroid injections in the first year and change in visual acuity (VA)
| n | Baseline VA mean ± SD |
VA change after 1 year mean change ± SD |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Steroids in the 1st year | 48 | 55.9 ± 15.2 | + 7.5 ± 16.3 |
| No steroids in the 1st year | 103 | 65.1 ± 14.6 | + 6.0 ± 12.3 |
| Mann–Whitney U test | p = 1.66e-06 | p = 0.34 | |
| 95% confidence interval | 4.9 to 15.1 | − 6.3 to 3.2 |
