Table 3.

Straylight in LASIK patients with flap creation by the mechanical microkeratome and femtosecond laser.

	LASIK Patients		Control Subjects
Treatment:	Mechanical	Femtosecond	Randomized to Mechanical	Randomized to Femtosecond
Visit
1 year	1.10 ± 0.12	1.07 ± 0.09	1.04 ± 0.17	1.01 ± 0.09
	(21)	(21)	(19)	(19)
3 years	1.17 ± 0.36	1.15 ± 0.18	1.11 ± 0.08c	1.06 ± 0.07bc
	(21)	(21)	(18)	(18)
5 years	1.16 ± 0.12	1.14 ± 0.14a	1.13 ± 0.17	1.15 ± 0.26
	(21)	(21)	(13)	(13)

LASIK - laser in situ keratomileusis

Mean ± standard deviation (number of observations).

^a p=0.044, ^b p=0.027, compared to measurement at 1 year (Bonferroni-adjusted for 2 measurements)

^cp=0.012, Mechanical vs FS (Bonferroni-adjusted for 3 measurements)