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. 2016 Jun 7;16:77. doi: 10.1186/s12886-016-0260-y

Table 2.

Accommodative load in the fixating eye of IXT patients

Target distance Accommodative load Difference a, D p *
Monocular fixation, D Binocular fixation, D
6 m −0.27 ± 0.77 (−1.50 to 1.13) −0.49 ± 0.54 (−1.56 to 0.87) 0.23 ± 0.58 (−0.51 to 1.88) 0.193
50 cm −1.14 ± 0.63 (−3.00 to 0.00) −1.55 ± 1.04 (−3.88 to 0.93) 0.42 ± 0.73 (−1.55 to 1.38) 0.028
33 cm −1.68 ± 0.58 (−2.88 to −0.81) −2.55 ± 0.92 (−5.44 to −1.56) 0.88 ± 0.74 (−0.07 to 2.56) 0.001
20 cm −3.62 ± 0.77 (−5.18 to −2.12) −4.50 ± 1.1 (−7.68 to −2.68) 0.89 ± 1.05 (−0.44 to 2.81) 0.006

D diopters

* Wilcoxon’s signed rank test

a Positive values indicate an increase in accommodative load with binocular viewing compared to monocular viewing