Table 5 Visual acuity before and after treatment for chronic dialysis patients versus patients with normal renal function
Dialysis | Control | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Endogenous (N = 25) | Exogenous(N = 7) | Endogenous (N = 31) | Exogenous (N = 26) | |||||
Initial visual acuity | ||||||||
Below 6/60 | 15 | 60.0% | 4 | 57.1% | 25 | 80.1% | 22 | 84.6% |
Better or equal to 6/60 | 3 | 12.0% | 1 | 14.3% | 6 | 19.9% | 4 | 15.4% |
Unable to assess/data missing | 7 | 28.0% | 2 | 28.6% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Follow up visual acuity | ||||||||
Below 6/60 | 19 | 76.0% | 3 | 42.8% | 24 | 77.4% | 12 | 46.1% |
Better or equal to 6/60 | 2 | 8.0% | 2 | 28.6% | 7 | 22.6% | 14 | 53.9% |
Unable to assess/data missing | 4 | 16.0% | 2 | 28.6% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Outcome by visual acuity | ||||||||
Improvement | 1 | 4.0% | 1 | 14.3% | 9 | 29.0%# | 15 | 57.7%* |
Stable | 11 | 44.0% | 3 | 42.8% | 9 | 29.0% | 7 | 26.9% |
Deterioration | 4 | 16.0% | 1 | 14.3% | 5 | 16.1% | 2 | 7.7% |
Enucleation | 4 | 16.0% | 0 | 0% | 6 | 19.4% | 2 | 7.7% |
Unable to assess/data missing | 5 | 20.0% | 2 | 28.6% | 2 | 6.5% | 0 | 0% |