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) |