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Table 2 Results of treatment with oral versus i.v. high-dose methylprednisolone, expressed as median values (range)

From: Visual outcome is similar in optic neuritis patients treated with oral and i.v. high-dose methylprednisolone: a retrospective study on 56 patients

 

Before treatment

After treatment

Oral (N = 28)

i.v. (N = 28)

p-value

Oral (N = 28)

i.v. (N = 28)

p-value

Visual acuity, logMAR (units)

0.30 (0 to 2)

0.35 (0 to 2)

0.98

0.05 (0 to 0.60)

0.05 (0 to 1.22)

0.54

Color vision (percentage correct plates)

22.22 (0 to 100)

6.67 (0 to 100)

0.049

76.67 (0 to 100)

93.33 (13.33 to 100)

0.18

Visual field, MD (decibels)

−18.47 (−33.48 to −1.59)

−12.80 (−27.71 to −3.06)

0.58

−2.56 (−31.75 to −0.26)

−1.80 (− 11.4 to 0.48)

0.39

Number of highly significantly depressed test points in visual field

31 (0 to 52)

34 (2 to 52)

0.88

0 (0 to 52)

0 (0 to 45)

0.46