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Table 2 Baseline subject characteristics

From: Intravitreal sirolimus with adjunct aflibercept versus aflibercept monotherapy for persistent, exudative age-related macular degeneration: a pilot study

Demographic

Treatment group (sirolimus + aflibercept) (N = 10)

Control group (aflibercept monotherapy) (N = 10)

p-value

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Age at baseline (years)

80.8

7.2

78.4

9.7

0.54

Intraocular pressure (mm Hg)

16.3

2.9

14.3

2.0

0.09

Duration of exudative AMD (months)

64.2

26.1

67.7

56.4

0.86

Previous intravitreal anti-VEGF injections (# of shots)

43.0

18.1

34.1

21.7

0.33

Baseline visual acuity (ETDRS letters)

62.6

9.0

61.0

14.1

0.77

Baseline central subfield thickness (μm)

444.2

114.8

507.9

118.0

0.24

Baseline subretinal volume (mm3)

11.0

26.8

9.8

14.4

0.91

Baseline intraretinal volume (mm3)

0.4

1.3

1.3

3.7

0.52

Central 1 mm foveal volume (mm3)

8.5

0.8

9.3

1.0

0.11

Weeks since last anti-VEGF treatment

4.8

0.6

6.3

2.5

0.10

  1. This table summarizes the two study populations at the time of enrollment in the study. There was no statistically significant difference between our two study groups in any of the measured variables