Clinical and demographic characteristics of the participants
| No | Age | Sex | Eye | Associations | Presentation time (months) | Baseline VA | Month 8 post-event VA | Neovascularisation | Shunts patent/attempted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F, female; M, male; L, left eye; R, right eye; HTN, hypertension; HCH, hypercholesterolemia; DM, diabetes mellitus; VA, visual acuity; HM, hand motion; LP, light perception; RD, retinal detachment. | |||||||||
| Surgical group | |||||||||
| 1 | 76 | F | L | HTN, HCH | 4 | HM | 20/400 | − | 1/4 |
| 2 | 65 | M | R | HCH | 6 | 20/600 | 20/200 | − | 2/4 |
| 3 | 76 | F | R | HTN, HCH, glaucoma | 4 | 20/6000 | 20/6000 | − | 2/3 |
| 4 | 34 | M | L | – | 3 | 20/1200 | 20/200 | − | 2/3, complicated by cataract |
| 5 | 67 | F | R | DM, HCH, glaucoma | 5 | HM | 20/1200 | − | 2/3 |
| 6 | 70 | F | R | – | 3 | 20/12000 | 20/1600 | − | 1/4 |
| 7 | 65 | F | L | HTN | 2 | 20/4000 | 20/50 | − | 2/4 |
| 8 | 33 | M | L | – | 2 | 20/1200 | 20/100 | − | 1/2 |
| 9 | 65 | F | R | HTN, HCH | 4 | 20/1200 | HM | − | 1/3, complicated by RD |
| 10 | 70 | M | R | HTN, HCH | 3 | HM | 20/400 | − | 1/3, complicated by vitreous cavity haemorrhage |
| Control group | |||||||||
| 11 | 40 | M | L | – | 1 | 20/320 | 20/50 | − | – |
| 12 | 50 | F | R | HTN | 1 | 20/1200 | HM | − | – |
| 13 | 70 | F | R | HTN | 3 | 20/600 | HM | + | – |
| 14 | 79 | M | L | Glaucoma | 1 | 20/2400 | HM | + | – |
| 15 | 65 | M | L | – | 1 | 20/500 | 20/320 | − | – |
| 16 | 51 | M | R | – | 1 | 20/320 | HM | + | – |
| 17 | 65 | F | L | Glaucoma | 2 | 20/600 | 20/4000 | − | – |
| 18 | 69 | M | L | HCH | 1 | 20/1200 | 20/400 | − | – |
| 19 | 53 | F | R | HTN | 1 | 20/400 | 20/30 | − | – |
| 20 | 60 | F | R | HTN | 1 | 20/600 | HM | + | – |
| 21 | 51 | M | R | HTN, glaucoma | 1 | 20/400 | HM | + | – |
| 22 | 59 | F | L | HTN | 1 | 20/600 | 20/1000 | − | – |
| 23 | 60 | M | R | – | 3 | 20/400 | 20/1200 | − | – |
| 24 | 80 | M | R | – | 1 | 20/1200 | LP | + | – |
| 25 | 57 | M | L | HTN | 1 | 20/240 | 20/100 | − | – |
| 26 | 50 | F | R | HCH | 1 | 20/1200 | HM | + | – |
| 27 | 36 | M | L | HTN | 2 | 20/240 | 20/600 | − | – |
| 28 | 70 | M | L | HCH, glaucoma | 1 | 20/400 | 20/1200 | − | – |