@article{e37f86402653406c9d13866e3dc4ee38,
title = "Contemporaneous Risk Factors for Visual Acuity in Non-Infectious Uveitis",
abstract = "Introduction: We evaluated the associations of clinical and demographic characteristics with visual acuity (VA) with over 5 years in a subspecialty noninfectious uveitis population. Methods: Retrospective data from 5,530 noninfectious uveitis patients were abstracted by expert reviewers, and contemporaneous associations of VA with demographic and clinical factors were modeled. Results: Patients were a median of 41 years old, 65% female, and 73% white. Eyes diagnosed ≥5 years prior to cohort entry had worse VA (−1.2 lines) than those diagnosed <6 months prior, and eyes with cataract surgery performed prior to entry had worse VA (−5.9 lines) than those performed during follow-up. Vitreous haze (−4.2 lines for 3+ vs quiet), hypotony (−2.5 lines for ≤5 mm Hg vs 6–23 mm Hg), and CNV (−1.8 lines) all were strongly associated with reduced VA. Conclusion: Factors associated with reduced VA included well-known structural complications, and lack of subspecialty care during cataract surgery.",
keywords = "Visual Acuity, risk Factors, uveitis",
author = "Maxwell Pistilli and Gangaputra, {Sapna S.} and Pujari, {Siddharth S.} and Jabs, {Douglas A.} and Levy-Clarke, {Grace A.} and Nussenblatt, {Robert B.} and Rosenbaum, {James T.} and Sen, {H. Nida} and Suhler, {Eric B.} and Thorne, {Jennifer E.} and Bhatt, {Nirali P.} and Foster, {C. Stephen} and Hosne Begum and Fitzgerald, {Tonetta D.} and Dreger, {Kurt A.} and Kempen, {John H.}",
note = "Funding Information: This study was supported primarily by National Eye Institute Grant EY014943 (JHK). Additional support was provided by Research to Prevent Blindness, the Paul and Evanina Mackall Foundation, the Lois Pope Life Foundation (all of New York, NY), and Sight for Souls (Fort Myers, FL). JHK was an RPB James S Adams Special Scholar Award recipient, JET was an RPB Harrington Special Scholar Award recipient, and DAJ and JTR were Research to Prevent Blindness Senior Scientific Investigator Award recipients during the course of the study. GAL-C and RBN previously was supported by and HNS continues to be supported by intramural funds of the National Eye Institute. EBS receives support from the Department of Veterans{\textquoteright} Affairs. The funding sources had no role in the design, and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, and approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication;National Eye Institute [EY014943]; Lois Pope Life Foundation;Sight for Souls; Paul MacKall and Evanina Bell MacKall Trust. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1080/09273948.2020.1828493",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "29",
pages = "1056--1063",
journal = "Ocular Immunology and Inflammation",
issn = "0927-3948",
publisher = "Informa Healthcare",
number = "6",
}