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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2012 May 23;154(2):297–302.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2012.02.035

Table 2.

Change in Amblyopic Eye Spherical Equivalent Refractive Error from Baseline to Age 10 Years by Category of Ocular Alignment at Baseline and Baseline Amblyopic Eye Spherical Equivalent or Baseline Anisometropia

Alignment at Baselinea
Overall Ortho (0 Δ) Micro (1–8 Δ) Hetero (>8 Δ)

Change in Amblyopic Eye Spherical Equivalent
n Mean Std n Mean Std n Mean Std n Mean Std
Amblyopic Eye
Spherical Equivalent at
Baseline
Overall 105 −0.65 1.02 47 −1.01 1.07 29 −0.55 0.80 29 −0.19 0.94
<2 D 12 −0.36 0.71 2 −1.44 0.80 4 −0.28 0.65 6 −0.06 0.40
2 to <3 D 9 −0.36 0.74 4 −0.38 0.98 1 −0.75 --- 4 −0.25 0.65
3 to <4 D 17 −0.53 0.95 7 −0.91 0.90 3 −0.44 0.53 7 −0.20 1.10
4 to <5 D 22 −0.97 1.29 13 −1.32 1.22 4 −0.63 0.88 5 −0.35 1.65
5 to <6 D 16 −0.36 1.24 5 −0.55 1.91 7 −0.63 0.79 4 0.34 0.79
6 to <7 D 16 −0.88 0.76 10 −1.03 0.61 5 −0.70 1.09 1 −0.38 ---
≥7 D 13 −0.82 0.88 6 −1.06 0.84 5 −0.48 1.08 2 −0.94 0.27

Anisometropia at
Baseline
Overall 105 −0.65 1.02 47 −1.01 1.07 29 −0.55 0.80 29 −0.19 0.94
<0 D 7 −0.45 0.63 1 −0.88 --- 2 −0.63 0.88 4 −0.25 0.64
0 to <1 D 40 −0.27 0.91 5 −0.70 0.88 12 −0.27 0.64 23 −0.17 1.03
1 to <2 D 13 −0.67 0.80 7 −0.66 1.02 4 −0.94 0.46 2 −0.19 0.27
2 to <3 D 16 −1.29 1.35 13 −1.24 1.49 3 −1.48 0.49 0 --- ---
3 to <4 D 15 −0.90 1.05 9 −1.14 0.97 6 −0.54 1.15 0 --- ---
≥ 4 D 14 −0.85 0.80 12 −0.99 0.76 2 0 0.35 0 --- ---
a

Maximum angle of deviation measured with correction, if prescribed, determined using the simultaneous prism and cover test at distance and near fixation

Δ = prism diopter

D = diopter

Std = Standard Deviation