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Table 2 Baseline demographics

From: Socioeconomic disadvantage and impact on visual outcomes in patients with viral retinitis and retinal detachment

 

High ADI

Low ADI

P value

Number of patients

6

12

 

Age at diagnosis of viral retinitis, mean (SD)

38.0 (5.5)

51.3 (15.2)

0.06

Sex

 Male

0 (0%)

6 (50%)

0.03

 Female

6 (100%)

6 (50%)

 

Race

 White

1 (17%)

5 (42%)

0.27

 Black

5 (83%)

5 (42%)

 

 Not reported

0 (0%)

2 (17%)

 

Insurance type

 Private

0 (0%)

7 (58%)

0.07

 Public

3 (50%)

2 (17%)

 

 Medicare

3 (50%)

2 (17%)

 

 No insurance

0 (0%)

1 (8%)

 

Lost to follow-up

1 (17%)

4 (33%)

1.00

Missed appointments, median (IQR)

11.0 (7.8, 13.3)

0.0 (0.0, 1.8)

0.009

Missed appointments due to transportation issues

5 (83%)

4 (33%)

0.13

Bilateral viral retinitis

5 (83%)

6 (50%)

0.32

Bilateral viral retinitis-associated RD

3 (50%)

3 (25%)

0.34

Cause of immune dysfunction

   

 Medications

0 (0%)

1 (8%)

0.96

 Malignancy

 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

0 (0%)

1 (8%)

 

  Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

0 (0%)

1 (8%)

 

 HIV

5 (83%)

4 (33%)

 

 Systemic Disorder

 Myelodysplastic syndrome

0 (0%)

1 (8%)

 

  Sarcoidosis

0 (0%)

1 (8%)

 

 None

1 (17%)

3 (25%)

 

Patients with HIV

5 (83%)

4 (33%)

0.13

Causative virus

 HSV

0 (0%)

4 (33%)

0.31

 VZV

1 (17%)

1 (8%)

 

 CMV

5 (83%)

7 (58%)

 

Area of viral retinitis (DAs), mean (SD)

17.6 (11.8)

17.5 (13.5)

0.99

  1. ADI Area Deprivation Index, RD retinal detachment, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, CMV cytomegalovirus, HSV herpes simplex virus, VZV varicella zoster virus, DAs disc areas