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. 2022 Mar 22;22:130. doi: 10.1186/s12886-022-02348-4

Table 2.

Comparison of ocular clinical features of patients with CMV-positive and CMV-negative Posner-Schlossman syndrome

Characteristics CMV-Negative
Patients (N = 22)
CMV-Positive
Patients (N = 25)
P Valuea
IOP at the clinic visit (mm Hg) 29.6 (24.5–34.8) 29.0 (25.0–33.0) .839
Peak IOP (mm Hg) 48.5 (44.4–52.6) 49.2 (41.3–57.1) .235
Cup-to-disc ratio 0.5 (0.4–0.5) 0.6 (0.5–0.6) .043*
Corrected visual acuity
 logMAR 0.1 (0.02–0.2) 0.3 (0.01–0.6) .554
 Decimal (minutes) 0.8 (0.7–0.9) 0.8 (0.6–0.9) .554
CEC density of the diseased eye (cell/mm2) 2490.6 (2320.8–2660.5) 2196.3 (2020.9–2371.8) .017*
CEC destiny of the healthy eye (cell/mm2) 2756.6 (2596.3–2916.9) 2828.5 (2702.2–2954.8) .448
Relative CEC loss (%) 9.6 (5.9–13.3) 22.1 (16.3–27.9) .001*
KPs
 -Mutton-fat 19 (86.36) 25 (100) .095
 -Coin-shaped 5 (22.7) 6 (24.0) .894
Tyndall effect 3 (13.6) 3 (12.0) 1.000
Iris depigmentation 9 (40.9) 20 (80.0) .006*
Cataract 6 (27.3) 13 (52.0) .085

Data are expressed as mean (95% C.I) or number of patients (%)

IOP Intraocular pressure, CEC Corneal endothelial cell, KPs Keratic precipitates

aχ2 test or Fisher’s exact test was used to compare proportions between CMV-negative and CMV-positive PSS; Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare continuous variables between CMV-negative and CMV-positive PSS

*p < .05