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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2023 Oct 27;259:35–44. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2023.10.019

Table 6.

Spherical Equivalent Stratified by Race and Decade

Year Race Mean (D) Standard Deviation (D) Median (D) Minimum (D) Maximum (D)
1990s Asian −3.19 3.14 −2.75 −11.5 1.625
Black −0.70 1.55 −0.125 −3.125 1
White −1.58 2.73 −1 −14.375 13
2000s Asian −3.04 3.32 −2.25 −24.625 5.125
Black −0.98 2.44 −0.5 −19.5 10.5
White −1.83 2.93 −1.25 −30 38.5
2010s Asian −2.92 3.45 −2 −24.75 6.75
Black −1.18 2.68 −0.5 −21.25 12
White −1.81 2.94 −1.125 −33 15.5