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. 2004 Sep;88(9):1186–1190. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2003.032334

Table 5.

 Test results (mean (SD))

Test and notation Controls All patients completed day 1 p Values Day 1 (paired data) Day 5 (paired data) p Value and number of pairs
Control v day 1
Distance RVA (logMAR) −0.01 (0.08) 0.00 (0.24) 0.563 0.01 (0.27) 0.11 (0.15) 0.001*
55
Distance LVA (logMAR) 0.02 (0.09) 0.09 (0.03) 0.833 0.02 (0.25) 0.13 (0.22) <0.001*
55
Low contrast RVA (logMAR) 0.22 (0.1) 0.25 (0.16) 0.492 0.24 (0.16) 0.32 (0.16) <0.001*
49
Low contrast LVA (logMAR) 0.25 (0.11) 0.25 (0.16) 0.941 0.24 (0.14) 0.3 (0.15) 0.003*
48
Pupil size RE (mm) 4.65 (0.66) 4.52 (1.22) 0.745 4.65 (1.24) 4.96 (1.14) 0.109
62
Pupil size LE (mm) 4.65 (0.67) 4.53 (1.23) 0.781 4.67 (1.25) 4.93 (1.21) 0.194
62
Convergence (cm) 7 (1.56) 7.72 (3.56) 0.531 7.49 (3.83) 10.96 (10.11) 0.012*
53
Accommodation RE (cm) 15.3 (5.58) 15.29 (5.52) 0.995 14.63 (5.14) 15.69 (5.31) 0.267
48
Accommodation LE (cm) 15.9 (7.4) 15.08 (5.18) 0.658 14.61 (4.72) 15.69 (4.98) 0.179
49
Accommodation BE (cm) 13.1 (3.2) 12.93 (4.58) 0.908 13.22 (4.85) 14.15 (6.68) 0.278
53
Accommodation BE repeated (cm) 14.5 (6.85) 12.2 (4.16) 0.139 12.24 (4.2) 13 (5.1) 0.356
42
MSE with fogging lens RE (D) +0.05 (0.23) +0.16 (0.85) 0.688 +0.06 (0.63) +0.26 (0.69) 0.129
28
MSE with fogging lens LE (D) +0.46 (0.34) +0.14 (0.63) 0.14 +0.08 (0.44) +0.22 (0.53) 0.093
26
MSE 6 metres RE (D) +0.08 (0.45) +0.1 (0.75) 0.929 −0.02 (0.51) 0.068 (0.68) 0.308
36
MSE 6 metres LE (D) +0.25 (0.54) 0.11 (0.56) 0.477 +0.18 (0.49) 0.19 (0.67) 0.851
35
MSE 33 cm RE (D) −2.34 (0.18) −2.34 (0.58) 1.00 −2.44 (0.36) −2.35 (0.55) 0.373
30
MSE 33 cm LE (D) −2.4 (0.29) −2.38 (0.44) 0.896 −2.37 (0.43) −2.26 (0.85) 0.443
29
MSE 20 cm RE (D) −3.74 (0.42) −3.9 (0.67) 0.456 −4.05 (0.63) −3.49 (0.81) 0.003*
26
MSE 20 cm LE (D) −3.86 (0.59) −3.88 (0.67) 0.924 −3.87 (0.56) −3.28 (0.77) <0.001*
26

RVA  =  right visual acuity; LVA  =  left visual acuity; RE  =  right eye; LE  =  left eye; BE  =  both eyes; MSE  =  mean spherical equivalent; D  =  dioptres; *significant results.