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Table 1 Patient demographics and baseline ocular findings in type1 CNV and type 2 CNV group

From: Analyses of the effects of persistent subretinal fluid on visual/anatomic outcomes according to the type of macular neovascularization during the relaxed treat-and-extend protocol in age-related macular degeneration patients

Characteristics. Type 1 CNV group (n = 77) Type 2 CNV group (n = 53) p-value
Age, years (mean ± SD) 74.2 ± 7.2 76.6 ± 7.3 0.067
Sex, male/female (%) 51/26 (66/34) 29/24 (55/45) 0.072
Lens status, phakic/pseudophakic (%) 57/20 (74/26) 33/20 (62/38) 0.153
Best-corrected visual acuity, logMAR (mean ± SD) 0.54 ± 0.30 0.75 ± 0.36 0.001
Central subfield retinal thickness, μm (mean ± SD) 398.06 ± 123.07 436.74 ± 131.05 0.089
Subfoveal choroidal thickness, μm (mean ± SD) 293.64 ± 79.97 229.32 ± 76.76 < 0.001
Anti-VEGF, n (%)    0.324
 Bevacizumab 10 (13) 5 (9)  
 Ranibizumab 12 (15) 12 (23)  
 Aflibercept 39 (51) 20 (38)  
 Mixed 16 (21) 16 (30)  
No. of intravitreal anti-VEGF injections (mean ± SD)
 1 year 7.0 ± 1.6 6.8 ± 1.4 0.436
 2 year 5.1 ± 1.9 5.1 ± 1.4 0.940
 Total 12.0 ± 3.0 11.8 ± 2.4 0.631
Fluid on OCT at baseline, n (%)
 SRF 77 (100) 49 (92) 0.014
 IRF 2 (3) 39 (74) < 0.001
  1. CNV choroidal neovascularization, SD standard deviation, logMAR logarithm of the minimal angle of resolution, VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor, OCT optical coherence tomography