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Table 3 Clinical characteristics of eyes with uveitis. Clinical characteristics of uveitis on eye level at enrolment

From: Proposal for a definition for response to treatment, inactive disease and damage for JIA associated uveitis based on the validation of a uveitis related JIA outcome measures from the Multinational Interdisciplinary Working Group for Uveitis in Childhood (MIWGUC)

 

N = 147 affected eyes

AC cell grade (number of cells per hpf) according to SUN examined after dilatation

 0 [< 1]

30 (20.4%)

 0.5+ [1–5]

16 (10.9%)

 1+ [6–15]

53 (36.1%)

 2+ [16–25]

26 (17.7%)

 3+ [26–50]

9 (5.1%)

 4+ [> 50]

2 (1.4%)

 Missing

11 (7.5%)

Visual acuity, logMAR, mean (SD)

0.48 (0.51)

 logMAR ≥0.1 (≤ 20/50)

79 (66.4%)

 logMAR ≥1 (≤ 20/200)

5 (4.2%)

Any structural complication

81 (56.3%)

 Ocular hypotony

3 (2.1%)

 Ocular hypertension

6 (4.3%)

 Posterior synechiae

60 (43.2%)

 Glaucoma

6 (4.4%)

 Cataract

28 (19.9%)

 Band keratopathy

31 (21.5%)

 Optic disc edema

10 (10.9%)

 Macular edema

14 (21.5%)

 Epiretinal membrane formation

7 (11.3%)

 Vitreous haze, mean (SD)

1.37 (0.92)

 Other complications

12 (12.8%)

Concomitant ocular uveitis treatment

 Previous subtenon / intraocular steroid injections

2 (1.4%)

 Topical corticosteroid medication

76 (51.7%)

 Glaucoma medication

10 (6.8%)

  1. AC anterior chamber, LogMAR logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution, SD standard deviation, VAS visual analogue scale