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56 Results (3) – objective ETABLE 13 Numbers of patients with data <strong>for</strong> BCVA in the best-seeing eye and HRQoL instrument <strong>for</strong> different HRQoLinstruments and durations since first treatmentHRQoL instrumentDuration of follow-up in months0 3 6 9 12 > 12SF-36 – PCS 1196 116 680 158 459 383 2992SF-36 – MCS 1196 116 680 158 459 383 2992SF-6D 1156 117 683 152 469 385 2962NEIVFQ – composite 1270 130 739 174 504 435 3252NEIVFQ – distance activities 1267 129 736 174 504 434 3244NEIVFQ – near activities 1268 130 739 174 504 435 3250TotalTABLE 14 Numbers of patients with data <strong>for</strong> CS in the best-seeing eye and HRQoL instrument <strong>for</strong> different HRQoLinstruments and durations since first treatmentHRQoL instrumentDuration of follow-up (months)0 3 6 9 12 > 12SF-36 – PCS 1122 82 599 108 392 320 2623SF-36 – MCS 1122 82 599 108 392 320 2623SF-6D 1084 81 605 104 401 325 2600NEIVFQ – composite 1187 89 649 119 428 356 2828NEIVFQ – distance activities 1184 88 647 119 428 355 2821NEIVFQ – near activities 1185 89 649 119 428 356 2826Total10.8SF-6D utility score0.60.40.2–20 0 20 40 60 80 100Best BCVA in either eyeFIGURE 13 Scatterplot showing SF-6D preference-based measure of health (equivalent to utility score) comparedwith better-seeing eye BCVA. The fitted regression line (see Table 15) is superimposed on a scatterplot of the raw data.Values of BCVA < 0 (–10 and –20) represent ‘counting fingers’ and ‘hand movements’ levels of vision respectively.

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