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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2010 Oct 29;118(3):498–502. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.06.042

Table 1.

Biometry measurements using both contact and immersion techniques

Contact Immersion P value
Axial length (mm) 21.36 ± 3.04 (15.31 – 27.57) 21.63 ± 3.09 (15.89 to 27.58) <0.001
Lens thickness*(mm) 3.61 ± 0.74 (2.56 – 6.31) 3.60 ± 0.67 (2.21 to 6.46) .673
ACD*(mm) 3.39 ± 0.59 (2.06 – 5.07) 3.69 ± 0.54 (2.44 to 5.41) <0.001
IOL power for emm (D) 28.68 ±11.10 (6.79 – 52.51) 27.63 ±11.02 (6.76 to 50.30) <0.001
*

N = 37

IOL = intraocular lens, mm = millimeter, ACD = anterior chamber depth, D = diopter, emm = emmetropia