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. 2014 Mar 5;2014:265012. doi: 10.1155/2014/265012

Table 6.

Backscattered light intensity 150 µm below the epithelium.

SMILE (n = 30) Femto-LASIK (n = 30) P
Mean (SU) ± SD Mean (SU) ± SD
Preoperative 1001.25 ± 85.32 995.40 ± 88.74 0.017
Week 1* 1671.75 ± 275.58 1312.65 ± 244.89
Month 1* 1427.67 ± 289.44 1292.67 ± 227.16
Month 3 1246.23 ± 207.00 1181.61 ± 198.18
Month 6 1161.99 ± 167.76 1193.04 ± 163.71

n: number of eyes; SU: scatter units; SD: standard deviation.

*P < 0.05: the difference between the two groups in the amount of change from baseline.