Clinical Profile of Optic Neuritis in Nigerians: Experience at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

Context: The clinical profile of optic neuritis varies in different communities; however, data in Nigerians is scarce. Aim: To describe the clinical profile of optic neuritis in Nigerians presenting at the eye clinic of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital. Study Setting and Design: A hospital-based retrospective study. Patients and Methods: The records of patients presenting with optic neuritis from January 2009 to December 2019 were retrieved. Information on demographics, clinical presentation and management was obtained. Data collected were analyzed with the IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows Version 21. Descriptive analyses such as frequencies, median and interquartile range were utilized. Fishers' Exact test was used to test for association between categorical variables. A P-value of