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. 2022 Feb 11;145(5):1624–1631. doi: 10.1093/brain/awac052

Table 1.

Clinical data of 46 idebenone-treated and untreated arLHON patients

Idebenone-treated 30 patients (29 males), 60 eyes Untreated 16 patients (14 males), 32 eyes
Recovery No recovery Recovery No recovery
Patients 23 7 11 5
Eyes 46 14 22 10
Age at onset in years 19 (9–38) 21 (15–29) 20 (12–44) 19 (12–40)
Interval of disease onset between eyes in weeks 2.5 (0–32) 12 (0–20) 0 (0–48) 0 (0–24)
VA at nadir in best eye 1.4 (0.4–2.3) 1.5 (1.1–1.7) 1.7 (1–2) 1 (0.6–2)
VA at nadir in worst eye 1.4 (0.4–2.3) 1.7 (1–2) 1.4 (1.3–2) 1.5 (1–2.3)
VA at last examination in best eye 0.3 (0–1.7) 1.5 (1.1–1.7) 0.2 (0–1.3) 1 (0.7–2.0)
VA at last examination in worst eye 0.7 (0–1.9) 1.7 (1–2) 0.4 (0–1.3) 1.2 (0.3–2.3)
Duration of follow-up from onset in years 2 (0.5–11) 1 (1–14) 7 (1–13) 6 (1–19)

Data presented for 46 of the 56 identified arLHON patients with follow-up data available over at least 6-months following onset. Data are expressed as the median (range); disease onset refers to the first eye involved; visual acuity (VA) is expressed as logMAR and refers to the last examination.