A Prospective Study of Clinical Features of Anterior Uveitis in Taiwan

Table 4

The comparison between HLA-B27-associated acute AU and CMV AU.

	HLA-B27	CMV	value
Case no.	28	17
IOP	10.2 ± 2.6	26.3 ± 12.9	<0.001
IOP > 21	0.0%	47.1%	<0.001
IOP difference from fellow eye (mmHg)	−4.2 ± 3.1	11.4 ± 11.3	<0.001
Age (years)	38.8 ± 13.7	59.2 ± 9.9	<0.001
Male	46.4%	70.6%	0.114
First episode	64.3%	11.8%	0.001
Acute course	96.4%	58.8%	0.003
Symptom duration (days)	9.6 ± 11.5	26.2 ± 20.4	0.032
OU	3.6%	0.0%	1.000
KP	60.7%	88.2%	0.048
K edema	42.9%	29.4%	0.367
Hypopyon	17.9%	0.0%	0.140
PS	35.7%	0.0%	0.007
Iris atrophy	0.0%	41.2%	<0.001
Pseudophakia	7.1%	35.3%	0.039

HLA, human leukocyte antigen; IOP, intraocular pressure; OU, both eyes; K, cornea; KP, keratic precipitates; PS, posterior synechiae; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; CMV, cytomegalovirus.