- Distribution of patients’ optic neuritis clinical data by their age, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
| Clinical data | Age in years | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 30 years | > 30 years | ||||
| No | (%) | No | (%) | ||
| Pupillary reaction | |||||
| Defective | 3 | (60.0) | 4 | 40.0) | .464$ |
| Normal | 2 | (40.0) | 6 | 60.0) | |
| Painful eye movement | |||||
| Absent | 3 | (60.0) | 7 | 70.0) | .699$ |
| Present | 2 | (40.0) | 3 | 30.0) | |
| Color vision | |||||
| Decreased | 3 | (60.0) | 6 | (60.0) | 1.0 |
| Normal | 2 | (40.0) | 4 | (40.0) | |
| Visual Acuity | |||||
| <20/200 | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (10.0) | .651$ |
| >20/200 | 3 | (60.0) | 4 | (40.0) | |
| 20/200 | 2 | (40.0) | 5 | (50.0) | |
| Optic disc | |||||
| Blurred | 2 | (40.0) | 3 | (30.0) | .509 |
| Normal | 2 | (40.0) | 2 | (20.0) | |
| Pale | 1 | (20.0) | 5 | (50.0) | |
| Brain MRI findings | |||||
| Multiple lesions | 2 | (40.0) | 4 | (40.0) | .325$ |
| Normal | 3 | (60.0) | 3 | (30.0) | |
| Not done | 0 | (0.0) | 3 | (30.0) | |
| Number of attacks | |||||
| One attack of optic neuritis | 1 | (20.0) | 5 | (50.0) | .264 |
| Two or more attacks of optic neuritis | 4 | (80.0) | 5 | (50.0) | |
| Vision consequences in optic neuritis patients | |||||
| <20/200, Presence of loss of field of vision | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (10.0) | .596$ |
| 20/200 | 3 | (60.0) | 4 | (40.0) | |
| Improved better than 20/200 | 2 | (40.0) | 3 | (30.0) | |
| Presence of loss of field of vision | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (20.0) | |
| Vision prognosis for optic neuritis (3 missing cases) | |||||
| Complete resolution of their symptoms with some residual vision loss | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (10.0) | .558$ |
| Complete resolution of their symptoms without some residual vision loss | 2 | (40.0) | 2 | (20.0) | |
| Continued visual change | 2 | (40.0) | 2 | (20.0) | |
| Reduced color visio | 0 | (0.0) | 3 | (30.0) | |
| Missing | 1 | (20.0) | 2 | (20.0) | |
P: Pearson X2 test,
↵$ : Exact probability test