Clinical Study

Effect of the Duration of Intraretinal or Subretinal Fluid on the Response to Treatment in Undertreated Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Table 1

Characteristics of subjects.

Eyes, N80
SexMales: 57Females: 15
Age80.89 ± 6.49
TypeClassic: 6
Occult: 20
PCV: 36
RAP: 4
Cannot be classified or none fluorescein angiography: 14
Persistent SHRM (eyes)74/80 (93%)
Photodynamic therapy (eyes)Never: 59Once: 14Twice: 5Three times: 2
Total number of injections (aflibercept or ranibizmab) (times)Mean: 11.94 ± 6.43 (range, 0–28)
Total observation period (months)Mean: 65.63 ± 29.77 (range, 10–144 months)
Injection span (months)Mean: 9.28 ± 18.44 (range, 1.9–142)
Baseline logMAR VA0.564 ± 0.456
Final logMAR VA1.031 ± 0.381

Two eyes never had gone for injection.