Table 1 Demographic data and eye involvement of patients with HHT
From: Ocular lesions in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: genetics and clinical characteristics
Eye involvement | No eye involvement | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | |||
Men | 48 (49.5%) | 49 (50.5%) | 0.69 |
Women | 57 (52.3%) | 52 (47.7%) | |
Age: mean ± sd | 50.3 ± 13.5 | 44.7 ± 15.7 | 0.006 |
< 19 years | 1 (11.1%) | 8 (88.9%) | 0.05 |
20–39 years | 24 (45.35) | 29 (54.7%) | |
40–59 years | 53 (55.2%) | 43 (44.8%) | |
60–79 years | 27 (56.3%) | 21 (43.7%) | |
Visual acuity: mean ± sd | |||
Right eye | 0.90 ± 0.17 | 0.93 ± 0.18 | 0.26 |
Left eye | 0.88 ± 0.22 | 0.94 ± 0.21 | 0.11 |
Intraocular pressure: mean ± sd | |||
Right eye | 15.40 ± 2.15 | 15.80 ± 2.17 | 0.32 |
Left eye | 15.21 ± 2.05 | 15.66 ± 2.03 | 0.24 |
Laterality of ocular telangiectasias | |||
Both eyes | 55 | ||
Right eye | 34 | ||
Left eye | 15 | ||
Conjunctiva location of telangiectasias: patients (no. of eyes) | |||
Tarsal | 97 (150) | ||
Bulbar | 2 (2) | ||
Border | 6 (7) | ||
Caruncle | 1 (1) | ||
Eyelid location of telangiectasias: patients (no. of eyes) | |||
Upper and lower | 18 (30) | ||
Upper | 32 (42) | ||
Lower | 23 (32) | ||