Table 2. Ophthalmologic features of a cohort of 26 individuals with CDD who underwent neurological and ophthalmological evaluations in the CDKL5 clinic at Boston Children’s Hospital.
cpd = cycles per degree; IQR = interquartile range; PL= preferential looking; sVEP = sweep visual evoked potential; y = year
| Ophthalmologic clinical characteristics | N(%) or Median [IQR] |
|---|---|
| Ophthalmologic findings | |
| Diagnosis of cerebral visual impairment, >2 years of age | 21/21 (100.0%) |
| Structural eye abnormalities | 0/26 (0.0%) |
| Nystagmus | 10/26 (28.4%) |
| Strabismus | 24/26 (92.3%) |
| Age at testing and number of visits | |
| Age (y) at first visual acuity assessment (N=24) | 1.3 y [0.9, 2.3] |
| Age (y) at most recent visual acuity assessment (N=24) | 3.0 y [1.0, 8.2] |
| Number of visits with assessment of visual acuity (N=26) | 3 [2, 8] |
| PL acuity testing attempted | 24/26 (92.3%) |
| Patients with measureable PL acuity, N (%) | 20/24 (83.3%) |
| Patients with PL test performed, no response, N (%) | 4/24 (16.7%) |
| Best PL acuity 2 years or older (N=16), median [IQR] | 4.6 cpd [1.7, 6.9] |
| sVEP acuity testing attempted | 13/26 (50%) |
| Patients with measureable VEP acuity, N (%) | 13/13 (100%) |
| Best VEP acuity 2 years or older (N=8), median [IQR] | 12.2 cpd [7.1, 16.6] |