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Table 1 Patient demographic characteristics

From: Patterns of uveitis in children according to age: comparison of visual outcomes and complications in a tertiary center

 

All patients

≤8 years

> 8 years

p-value

Number of patients

49

17

32

 

Number of eyes

80

27

53

 

Number of males (%)

22 (45)

6 (35.3)

16 (50.0)

0.37

Mean age at presentation, years (SDa)

11.4 (3.6)

8.5 (3.7)

12.9 (2.6)

< 0.0001

Mean age at beginning of symptoms, years (SD)

9.15 (4.2)

4.3 (2.4)

11.9 (1.9)

< 0.0001

Mean time of uveitis before presentation, months (SD)

23.74 (32.3)

45.1 (40.8)

11.6 (17.7)

0.004

Mean follow up, months (SD)

13.2 (15.1)

15.8 (17.9)

11.9 (13.6)

0.44

Mean number of uveitis episodes (SD)

12.6 (0.4)

15.4 (18.3)

11.2 (13)

0.37

Bilateral, n (%)

31 (63.3)

10 (58.8)

21 (65.6)

0.63

Location, n (%)

 Anterior

20 (40.8)

10 (58.8)

10 (30.3)

0.06

 Panuveitis

13 (26.5)

3 (17.6)

10 (31.2)

0.31

 Posterior

10 (20.4)

2 (11.8)

8 (25.0)

0.27

 Intermediate

6 (12.3)

2 (11.8)

4 (12.1)

1.00

Chronicity, n (%)

 Acute

12 (24.5)

2 (11.8)

10 (30.3)

0.13

 Chronic

30 (61.2)

11 (64.7)

19 (59.4)

0.71

 Recurrent

7 (14.3)

4 (23.5)

3 (9.1)

0.18

  1. aSD standard deviation