Relationship between Neovascular Density in Swept Source-Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography and Signs of Activity in Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Table 1

Presence of swept source-optical coherence tomography angiography-based morphological choroidal neovascularization characteristics in relation to clinical activity.

		Active nAMD n (%)	Quiescent nAMD n (%)	Total n (%)	value
Branching capillaries	Present	37 (79)	10 (21)	47 (66)	0.45
	Absent	17 (71)	7 (29)	24 (34)
	Total n (%)	54 (76)	17 (24)	71 (100)
Anastomoses	Present	38 (83)	8 (17)	46 (70)	0.09
	Absent	16 (64)	9 (36)	25 (30)
	Total n (%)	54 (76)	17 (24)	71 (100)
Peripheral arcades	Present	32 (84)	6 (16)	38 (55)	0.12
	Absent	21 (68)	10 (32)	31 (45)
	Total n (%)	53 (77)	16 (23)	69 (100)
Well-defined vessels	Present	25 (81)	6 (19)	31 (44)	0.46
	Absent	29 (73)	11 (27)	40 (56)
	Total n (%)	54 (76)	17 (24)	71 (100)
Nonvascularized halos	Present	19 (83)	4 (17)	23 (32)	0.42
	Absent	35 (73)	11 (27)	46 (68)
	Total n (%)	54 (78)	15 (22)	69 (100)

nAMD = neovascular age-related macular degeneration.