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Br J Ophthalmol 88:1119-1121 doi:10.1136/bjo.2004.041863
  • Clinical science
    • Scientific reports

Consequences of amblyopia on education, occupation, and long term vision loss

Table 3

 Five year incidence of improved visual acuity in the poorer seeing eye after new visual impairment in the better seeing eye in people with and without amblyopia

Effect on the poorer seeing eye Visual impairment of the better seeing eye
<6/12 Loss of >2 lines
Normal (n = 264) (%) Amblyopia (n = 9) (%) Normal (n = 534) (%) Amblyopia (n = 11) (%)
Worsen/no improvement 195 (73.9) 6 (66.7) 423 (79.2) 5 (45.5)
Improves 1–10 letters 59 (22.4) 2 (22.2) 92 (17.2) 5 (45.5)
Improves >10 letters 10 (3.8) 1 (11.1) 19 (3.6) 1 (9.1)

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