| ETDRS acuity (logMAR) | Threshold character size for words (logMAR) | Threshold character size for paragraphed text (logMAR) | |||||||||||||||||
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Patients | Before training | Immediately after training | 3 months later | Before training | Â | Immediately after SLO training | Â | 3 months later | Before training | Immediately after training | 3 months later | |||||||||
 |  |  |  | 1 | 3 and 4 | 6 and 7 | 9 and 10 |  | 1 | 3 and 4 | 6 and 7 | 9 and 10 |  | 1 | 3 and 4 | 6 and 7 | 9 and 10 |  |  |  |
MT | 1.1 | 0.96 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | Â | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Â | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
SL | 1.46 | 1.1 | 1.14 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | Â | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Â | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
LG | 1.24 | 1.2 | 1.12 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | Â | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | Â | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
AA | 1.02 | 0.84 | 0.86 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | Â | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | Â | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
GM | 1.36 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.15 | 1.5 | > 1.5 | > 1.5 | Â | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | Â | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 |