RT Journal
A1 Nowroozzadeh MH
T1 REtinal detachment and fluoroquinolones
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD July 18
VO 308
IS 3
SP 233
OP 233
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.6630
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.6630
AB 
First, the authors stated that “The risk of retinal detachment from our study was only elevated among current users but not among recent or past users, indicating an acute adverse event.”1 Table 3 of the article showed that the numbers of patients with retinal detachment and fluoroquinolone use were 145, 12, and 288 in current, recent, and past users, respectively. Although the sample sizes in the current and past users subgroups seem adequate, enrollment of only 12 patients in the recent use subgroup raises concern about the power of the study to detect an association. Providing information about the power of the study to detect statistically significant associations would be beneficial.