Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the entire cohort and of the treatment groups

	Entire cohort n = 55	aa-PRK group n = 27	Transepithelial-PRK group n = 28	p-Value
Age (years)	25.11 ± 6.89	25.07 ± 6.32	25.14 ± 7.37	0.971
Gender (% female)	49%	37%	61%	0.363
Sphere (D)	−2.77 ± 1.39	−2.84 ± 1.80	−2.70 ± 0.86	0.707
Spherical equivalent (D)	−3.16 ± 1.43	−3.32 ± 1.81	−3.01 ± 0.95	0.438
Optic zone (mm)	7.18 ± 0.25	7.11 ± 0.27	7.24 ± 0.22	0.061
Ablation zone (mm)	8.42 ± 0.24	8.40 ± 0.25	8.44 ± 0.24	0.469

aa-PRK alcohol-assisted photorefractive keratectomy, Transepithelial-PRK transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy