From: Bilateral macular thickening in mild unilateral anterior uveitis: is HLA-B27 involved?
 |  | Female | Male | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age | Mean age (range): | 40.7 (19–56) | 40.3 (21–69) |  |
Duration | Limited ≤ 3 months | 9 | 14 | 23 |
 | Persistent > 3 months | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Course | Acute (sudden onset and limited duration) | 9 | 10 | 19 |
Recurrent (repeated episodes separated by periods of inactivity without treatment ≥3 months in duration) | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
Chronic (persistent uveitis with relapse in <3 months after discontinuing treatment) | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
Treatment duration | <1 week | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 | 1-2 weeks | 7 | 12 | 19 |
 | 3-6 weeks | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 | 7-12 weeks | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 | Chronic (>12 weeks) | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 | Long term remission | 1 | 0 | 1 |
HLA-B27 | Negative | 8 | 1 | 9 |
 | Positive | 7 | 14 | 21 |
Relative macular thickening | Normal (235-259 μm females, 244-272 μm males) | 5 | 3 | 8 |
 | Thickening (≥259 μm females, ≥272 μm males) | 9 | 12 | 21 |
 | Atrophy (≤238 μm in females, ≤243 μm males) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Best corrected visual acuity | ≥0.8 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
 | 0.6-0.7 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 | 0.4-0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 | 0.2-0.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
AU episode | First episode | 7 | 8 | 15 |
 | Several episodes | 5 | 7 | 12 |
 | Chronic | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Anterior chamber cells | Grade 0, <1 cell | 4 | 3 | 7 |
 | Grade 0.5+, 1–5 cells | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 | Grade 1+, 6–15 cells | 7 | 5 | 12 |
 | Grade 2+, 16–25 cells | 3 | 4 | 7 |
 | Grade 3+, 26–50 cells | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Spillover | No retrolental cells | 13 | 9 | 22 |
 | 1-5 retrolental cells | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Systemic symptoms | Diagnosed spondyloarthropathy | 2 | 9 | 11 |
 | Joint/ skin/ intestinal/urogenital complaints | 4 | 3 | 7 |
 | Tiredness, morning stiffness/ pain | 6 | 2 | 8 |
 | None | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Systemic treatment | None | 11 | 8 | 19 (11)* |
 | Oral prednisolone | 2 | 6 | 8 (8)* |
 | Immunomodulatory treatment | 2 | 1 | 3 (2)* |
Uveitis in contralateral eye | Never uveitis in contralateral eye | 6 | 10 | 16 (12)* |
 | At least one earlier episode | 7 | 5 | 12 (9)* |
 | Bilateral uveitis now | 2 | 0 | 2 (0)* |
Contralateral AU last three month | Never uveitis | 6 | 10 | 16 |
 | ≤ 3 months prior to examination | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 | ≥ 3 months prior to examination | 8 | 1 | 9 |