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Table 5 Comparison of the logMAR visual acuity and SDOCT imaging features between the non-proliferative and proliferative type 2 MacTel eyes

From: Baseline demographic, clinical and multimodal imaging features of young patients with type 2 macular telangiectasia

 

Non-proliferative type 2 MacTel (n = 56)

Proliferative type 2 MacTel (n = 6)

p value

Mean logMAR visual acuity (Snellen equivalent)

0.21 ± 0.209 (20/32)

0.55 ± 0.164 (20/71)

0.001

Foveal irregularity (n, %)

40 (71)

6 (100)

0.325

ILM drape sign (n, %)

12 (21)

1 (17)

> 0.999

Hyperreflective middle retinal layers (n, %)

42 (75)

5 (83)

> 0.999

Superficial retinal crystals (n, %)

4 (7)

1 (17)

0.41

Hyporeflective inner retinal cavities (n, %)

19 (34)

3 (50)

0.657

Outward bending of inner retinal layers (n, %)

13 (23)

2 (33)

0.626

Hypo reflective outer retinal cavities (n, %)

18 (32)

0 (0)

0.168

Retinal pigment clumps (n, %)

4 (7)

4 (67)

0.002

Sub foveal neurosensory detachment (n, %)

4 (7)

2 (33)

0.099

  1. SDOCT spectral domain optical coherence tomography, ILM internal limiting membrane, logMAR logarithm of minimum angle of resolution