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Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical features of 33 patients (66 eyes) with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease followed for 12 months since acute disease onset

From: Bacillary layer detachment in acute Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease: an early predictor of long-term complications in a Brazilian cohort

Features

 

Presence of BALAD at baseline (n = 56 eyes)

P

  

Yes (n = 27 eyes)

No (n = 29 eyes)

 

Age at disease onset, years, mean ± SD

33.6 ± 11

32.07 ± 8.6

32.9 ± 7.6

0.756

median (interval)

33 (15–67)

35 (15–45)

32 (15–46)

 

Male/Female, n (%)

4 (12) /29 (88)

2/15

2/16

 

Interval to treatment start, days, mean ± SD

24.4 ± 16.0

21.48 ± 11.18

24.55 ± 15.19

0.483

median (range)

21 (3–67)

21 (8–48)

21 (3–51)

 

Disease duration, months, mean ± SD

89.9 ± 25.9

84.2 ± 24.17

86.9 ± 23.25

0.721

median (interval)

85 (45–139)

83 (45–139)

82 (45–126)

 

Visual acuity, logMAR, at M0 mean ± SD

1.3 ± 0.8

1.6 ± 0.8

1.09 ± 0.8

0.058

median (interval)

1.8 (0–2.3)

1.8 (0–2.3)

0.8 (0–2.3)

 

at M1 mean ± SD

0.4 ± 0.7

0.32 ± 0.48

0.31 ± 0.56

0.532

median (interval)

0.2 (0–2)

0.2 (0–2)

0.1 (0–2)

 

at M12 mean ± SD

0.05 ± 0.1

0.001 ± 0.008

0.0607 ± 0.16

0.214

median (interval)

0 (0–0.7)

0 (0–0.04)

0 (0–0.7)

 

Fluorescein angiography total score at baseline

   

0.708

mean ± SD

6.7 ± 2.9

8.08 ± 2.03

6.04 ± 2.96

 

median (interval)

8 (0–13)

9 (4–13)

7 (0–9)

 

Full-field electroretinogram at M12, eyes (%) a

    

Subnormal

47 (75.8)

20 (74.0)

18 (62.0)

0.319

Treatment, patients (%)

   

0.823

Corticosteroid monotherapy

10 (30.0)

4 (12)

6 (18)

 

Corticosteroid + early immunosuppressive therapy (≤ 1mo)

11 (34.0)

5 (16)

6 (18)

 

Corticosteroid + late immunosuppressive therapy (> 1mo)

12 (36.0)

8 (24)

4 (12)

 

Fundus outcomes in the first year of disease, eyes (%)

    

Subretinal fibrosis

20 (30)

14 (51.9)

4 (13.8)

< 0.001

Sunset glow fundus

38 (57.5)

22 (81.5)

12 (41.4)

0.008

Atrophic nummular lesions

26 (39.3)

14 (51.9)

8 (27.6)

0.278

  1. a Sixty-two eyes were assessed at M12. Subnormal full-field electroretinogram was defined as having at least one parameter below the 5th percentile of healthy age and gender-matched controls