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Table 1 The Demographic and Clinical characteristics of the patients

From: Evaluation of optical coherence tomography angiography parameters in patients treated with Hydroxychloroquine

 

Normal mfERG (n = 21)

Abnormal mfERG (n = 40)

P-Value

Sex

  

0.289®

 Female

21 (36.8)

36 (63.2)

 Male

0 (0.0)

4 (100.0)

Disease f (%)

  

0.486©

SLE

15 (37.5)

25 (62.5)

RA

6 (28.6)

15 (71.4)

Age

  

0.711¶

 Mean ± SD

47.0 ± 11.94

46.7 ± 11.27

 Median [min, max]

48 [23,65]

46 [29,62]

Duration of Treatment (years)

  

0.813¶

 Mean ± SD

13.23 ± 5.83

13.15 ± 5.63

 Median [min, max]

13 [7,32]

11.5 [7,24]

Daily Dose (mg/day)

  

0.850¶

 Mean ± SD

202.50 ± 49.29

215.0 ± 65.09

 Median [min, max]

200 [150,400]

200 [150,400]

Total Dose of HCQ (mg)

  

0.418¶

 Mean ± SD

978.20 ± 523.20

1034.77 ± 590.09

 Median [min, max]

930.75 [511,2920]

590.09 [511,2920]

BCVA (Best-corrected visual acuity)

Decimal

  

0.782¶

 Mean ± SD

0.88 ± 0.18

0.81 ± 0.27

 Median [min, max]

0.90 [0.2,1.0]

1.0 [0.2,1.0]

log MAR [Logarithm of the Minimum Angle of Resolution]

  

0.172¶

 Mean ± SD

0.069 ± 0.13

0.130 ± 0.20

 Median [min, max]

0.046 [0.0,0.07]

0.0 [0.0,0.07]

  1. ¶: Resulted from independent t-test and P value < 0.05
  2. ©: Resulted from chi-square test
  3. ®: Resulted from Fisher's exact test
  4. SLE Systemic lupus erythematosus, RA Rheumatoid arthritis, HCQ Hydroxychloroquine, mfERG Multifocal electroretinography