Research Article
The Correlation between Aquaporin-4 Antibody and the Visual Function of Patients with Demyelinating Optic Neuritis at Onset
Table 1
Characteristics of patients with ON.
| | | AQP4-Ab
seropositive
() | AQP4-Ab
seronegative
() | |
| | Sex, F : M | 18 : 1 | 11 : 6 | 0.023 | | Age at onset, y (mean ± SD) | 32.68 ± 15.75 | 42.53 ± 16.26 | 0.037 | | Age at first eye attack, y (mean ± SD) | 30.84 ± 15.71 | 41.06 ± 16.11 | 0.031 | | Patients with multiple episodes of ON (more than once), number | 9 | 4 | 0.137 | | ANA, number | 2 | 1 | — | | Anti-dsDNA, number | 1 | 0 | — | | ANCA, number | 1 | 1 | — | | Anti-SSA, number | 1 | 0 | — | | Anti-SSB, number | 1 | 0 | — | | ATG, number | 1 | 0 | — | | RF, number | 0 | 0 | — |
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-test, Chi-square test.
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