Table 3

Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study visual acuity (VA) scores

Subject (B)SE VA
SEBest-corrected VA BLDay 03 weeks6 weeks12 weeks18 weeks24 weeks30 weeks36 weeksVA Δ from BL
Intravitreal pegaptanib sodium
    1OD5564676464616464*9
    2OS8380838686798477852
    3OD787383879484***6
    4OD8689888589908789904
    5OS71768378848481878413
    6OD68777276*8588888315
    7OS878391918788858486−1
    8OD68728177848479797911
    9OS777781787263445959−18
    10OD8588898987878158883
Panretinal photocoagulation
    11OS61605966*6464737413
    12OD7074767175757974766
    13OS8278767874767968−14
    14OS818682838182776868−13
    15OD71776984728885848514
    16OS8087638483587683855
    17OS797775817981837313−66
    18OD828377837184837978−4
    19OD787677787878767380−2
    20OS68*********
  • Bold text: lost to follow-up; not included in analysis. Italic text: bilateral subjects.

  • *Patient did not attend this particular visit.

  • BL, baseline; OD, right eye; OS, left eye; SE, study eye.