Table 5

- Distribution of patients’ optic neuritis clinical data by their age, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Clinical dataAge in yearsP-value
< 30 years> 30 years
No(%)No(%)
Pupillary reaction
Defective3(60.0)440.0).464$
Normal2(40.0)660.0)
Painful eye movement
Absent3(60.0)770.0).699$
Present2(40.0)330.0)
Color vision
Decreased3(60.0)6(60.0)1.0
Normal2(40.0)4(40.0)
Visual Acuity
<20/2000(0.0)1(10.0).651$
>20/2003(60.0)4(40.0)
20/2002(40.0)5(50.0)
Optic disc
Blurred2(40.0)3(30.0).509
Normal2(40.0)2(20.0)
Pale1(20.0)5(50.0)
Brain MRI findings
Multiple lesions2(40.0)4(40.0).325$
Normal3(60.0)3(30.0)
Not done0(0.0)3(30.0)
Number of attacks
One attack of optic neuritis1(20.0)5(50.0).264
Two or more attacks of optic neuritis4(80.0)5(50.0)
Vision consequences in optic neuritis patients
<20/200, Presence of loss of field of vision0(0.0)1(10.0).596$
20/2003(60.0)4(40.0)
Improved better than 20/2002(40.0)3(30.0)
Presence of loss of field of vision0(0.0)2(20.0)
Vision prognosis for optic neuritis (3 missing cases)
Complete resolution of their symptoms with some residual vision loss0(0.0)1(10.0).558$
Complete resolution of their symptoms without some residual vision loss2(40.0)2(20.0)
Continued visual change2(40.0)2(20.0)
Reduced color visio0(0.0)3(30.0)
Missing1(20.0)2(20.0)

P: Pearson X2 test,