Table 3.
Comparison of the prediction errors using the BUII, EVO 2.0, Kane, Pearl-DGS, RBF 3.0 and Zhu-Lu formulas in different axial length subgroups of highly myopic eyes
Parameters | BUII | EVO 2.0 | Kane | Pearl-DGS | RBF 3.0 | Zhu-Lu | P value |
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Internal test dataset (n = 361) | |||||||
26.00–28.00 mm | |||||||
Number | 123 | ||||||
MAE ± SD (D) | 0.42 ± 0.29 | 0.46 ± 0.38 | 0.48 ± 0.41 | 0.42 ± 0.39 | 0.39 ± 0.38 | 0.35 ± 0.34 | - |
MedAE (D) | 0.39* | 0.40* | 0.37* | 0.30* | 0.29 | 0.26 | < 0.001 |
28.00–30.00 mm | |||||||
Number | 118 | ||||||
MAE ± SD (D) | 0.47 ± 0.31 | 0.47 ± 0.34 | 0.51 ± 0.38 | 0.49 ± 0.37 | 0.39 ± 0.35 | 0.32 ± 0.30 | - |
MedAE (D) | 0.44* | 0.42* | 0.44* | 0.42* | 0.30 | 0.23 | < 0.001 |
≥ 30.00 mm | |||||||
Number | 120 | ||||||
MAE ± SD (D) | 0.48 ± 0.29 | 0.43 ± 0.32 | 0.50 ± 0.38 | 0.76 ± 0.56 | 0.35 ± 0.30 | 0.34 ± 0.31 | - |
MedAE (D) | 0.44* | 0.39* | 0.40* | 0.66* | 0.29 | 0.27 | < 0.001 |
External test dataset (n = 150) | |||||||
26.00–28.00 mm | |||||||
Number | 54 | ||||||
MAE (D) ± SD | 0.47 ± 0.46 | 0.47 ± 0.44 | 0.45 ± 0.39 | 0.42 ± 0.28 | 0.44 ± 0.43 | 0.37 ± 0.38 | - |
MedAE (D) | 0.42* | 0.35* | 0.32 | 0.40* | 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.036 |
28.00–30.00 mm | |||||||
Number | 51 | ||||||
MAE ± SD (D) | 0.40 ± 0.29 | 0.35 ± 0.26 | 0.40 ± 0.29 | 0.40 ± 0.30 | 0.39 ± 0.28 | 0.37 ± 0.32 | - |
MedAE (D) | 0.35 | 0.29 | 0.41 | 0.33 | 0.37 | 0.30 | 0.373 |
≥ 30.00 mm | |||||||
Number | 45 | ||||||
MAE ± SD (D) | 0.40 ± 0.35 | 0.37 ± 0.30 | 0.50 ± 0.32 | 0.55 ± 0.43 | 0.50 ± 0.38 | 0.39 ± 0.31 | - |
MedAE (D) | 0.28 | 0.30 | 0.40* | 0.46* | 0.42* | 0.33 | 0.002 |
BUII = Barrett Universal II; EVO = Emmetropia Verifying Optical; RBF = Radial Basis Function; SD = standard deviation; D = diopters; MAE = mean absolute error; MedAE = median absolute error; IOL = intraocular lens
*P < 0.05 when compared to the Zhu-Lu formula using the Friedman test with Bonferroni post hoc analysis