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Table 4 Factors associated with intervention

From: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension in Asians: a retrospective dual-center study

 

Intervention (n = 11)

Conservative treatment (n = 91)

p value

Characteristic

   

 Age (years)

25.2 ± 8.5

34.4 ± 12.2

0.017

 Sex

3 M/8F

28 M/63F

0.812

 Body weight (kg)

65.5 ± 10.0

77.6 ± 19.2

0.106

 BMI (kg/m2)

24.5 ± 3.4

29.8 ± 6.4

0.035

 BMI ≥ 27.5 kg/m2

18.2% (2/11)

48.4% (44/91)

0.179

 Time to diagnosis (months)

3.6 ± 4.0

10.5 ± 17.7

0.307

 Headache

90.9% (10/11)

90.1% (82/91)

0.888

 Papilledema

90.9% (10/11)

58.8% (47/80)

0.039

 Presence of visual field defect

83.3% (5/6)

90.0% (36/40)

0.625

 CSF pressure (mm CSF)

402.5 ± 101.2

271.9 ± 62.1

< 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: BMI = body-mass index, CSF = cerebrospinal fluid, VF = visual field