Visual acuity and foveal thickness after vitrectomy for macular edema associated with branch retinal vein occlusion: a case series

Table 1 Results of multivariate analysis of factors influencing the improvement of best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and the decrease of foveal thickness.

	Improvement of BCVA (log MAR)		Decrease of foveal thickness
Variable	Standard partial regression coefficient	P *value*	Standard partial regression coefficient	P *value*
Age (years)	0.166	0.1972	0.004	0.9749
Gender	0.114	0.3722	0.226	0.0803
Hypertension	0.098	0.4577	0.081	0.5345
Duration of BRVO (months)	-0.195	0.1497	-0.108	0.4190
Cataract surgery	0.039	0.7600	-0.068	0.5944
Retinal photocoagulation	0.307	0.0253	-0.273	0.0449
Vitreous VEGF level (pg/ml)	0.296	0.0270	0.422	0.0020

log MAR = logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution; BRVO = branch retinal vein occlusion; VEGF = vascular endothelial growth factor

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