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. 2024 Oct 25;24:2966. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-20466-0

Table 1.

Outdoor data of participants with and without myopia (N = 6832)

median (IQR)#2 P value mean ± SD#3 P value
Non-myopia (N = 2000) Myopia
(N = 4832)
Non-myopia (N = 2000) Myopia
(N = 4832)
Weekday outdoor duration, hour#1 0.750(0.750, 1.500) 0.750(0.750, 1.500) < 0.001* 1.236 ± 0.851 1.143 ± 0.828 < 0.001*
Weekend outdoor duration, hour 2.500(1.500, 2.500) 1.500(1.500, 2.500) < 0.001* 2.222 ± 1.194 1.855 ± 1.161 < 0.001*
Average outdoor duration, hour 1.250(0.964, 1.821) 1.214(0.893, 1.786) < 0.001* 1.518 ± 0.801 1.347 ± 0.783 < 0.001*
Weekend catch-up outdoor duration, hour 0.000(0.000, 1.000) 0.000(-1.000, 1.000) < 0.001* 0.188 ± 1.244 -0.054 ± 1.202 < 0.001*

#1: This was non-normally distributed continuous variable. However, the median (IQR) of myopia group were same to that of non-myopia group, hence the calculation of mean ± SD was added

#2: Data was analyzed using non-parametric test

#3: Data was analyzed using Student’s t-test

*: P < 0.05