Table 3

 Follow up data of the patients of the study group

Study groupp Value*
*Statistical significance of difference between baseline and follow up data.
NS, statistically not significant. Results presented as mean (standard deviation).
VA at baseline (n = 97)
    LogMar0.98 (0.36)
    Snellen lines13.3 (3.2)
    Snellen acuity0.14 (0.10)
VA after 1 week (n = 57)
    LogMar units0.86 (0.32)0.001
    Snellen lines14.4 (3.2)0.001
    Snellen acuity0.18 (0.15)0.002
VA after 1 month (n = 64)
    LogMar units0.83 (0.37)<0.001
    Snellen lines14.7 (3.7)<0.001
    Snellen acuity0.20 (0.14)<0.001
VA after 2 months (n = 52)
    LogMar units0.81 (0.33)<0.001
    Snellen lines14.8 (3.3)<0.001
    Snellen acuity0.20 (0.14)<0.001
VA after 3 months (n = 51)
    LogMar units0.81 (0.34)<0.001
    Snellen lines15.0 (3.4)<0.001
    Snellen acuity0.20 (0.14)<0.001
VA after 4 months (n = 37)
    LogMar units0.78 (0.46)<0.001
    Snellen lines15.4 (4.2)0.001
    Snellen acuity0.25 (0.18)<0.001
VA after 5 months (n = 29)
    LogMar units0.86 (0.31)0.034
    Snellen lines14.5 (3.0)0.046
    Snellen acuity0.18 (0.13)0.021
VA after 6 months (n = 25)
    LogMar units0.86 (0.33)0.033
    Snellen lines14.2 (3.36)0.099 (NS)
    Snellen acuity0.18 (0.13)0.068 (NS)
VA after 7 months (n = 18)
    LogMar units0.89 (0.59)0.042
    Snellen lines14.6 (4.3)0.020 (NS)
    Snellen acuity0.19 (0.12)0.006
VA after 8 months (n = 20)
    LogMar units0.83 (0.31)0.17 (NS)
    Snellen lines14.7 (3.1)0.17 (NS)
    Snellen acuity0.19 (0.13)0.18 (NS)
VA after 9 months (n = 16)
    LogMar units0.92 (0.43)0.22 (NS)
    Snellen lines13.9 (4.3)0.19 (NS)
    Snellen acuity0.19 (0.18)0.068 (NS)
VA after 10 months (n = 9)
    LogMar units0.92 (0.43)0.22 (NS)
    Snellen lines13.4 (3.8)0.93 (NS)
    Snellen acuity0.15 (0.11)0.87 (NS)
VA after 11 months (n = 9)
    LogMar units1.03 (0.41)0.27 (NS)
    Snellen lines12.8 (4.1)0.27 (NS)
    Snellen acuity0.14 (0.14)0.27 (NS)
VA after 12 months (n = 9)
    LogMar units0.90 (0.30)0.55 (NS)
    Snellen lines14.0 (3.0)0.55 (NS)
    Snellen acuity0.16 (0.12)0.40 (NS)
VA after 13 months (n = 4)
    LogMar units0.90 (0.38)1.00 (NS)
    Snellen lines14.0 (3.9)0.79 (NS)
    Snellen acuity0.16 (0.11)0.59 (NS)
VA after 14 months (n = 4)
    LogMar units1.21 (0.14)0.46 (NS)
    Snellen lines11.0 (1.4)0.46 (NS)
    Snellen acuity0.07 (0.02)0.47 (NS)
VA after 15 months (n = 10)
    LogMar units1.01 (0.29)0.24 (NS)
    Snellen lines13.0 (2.9)0.33 (NS)
    Snellen acuity0.12 (0.08)0.18 (NS)