Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of the emmetropic eyes and the myopic eyes*.

	Emmetropic Eyes (n = 40)	Myopic Eyes (n = 125)	P value †
Age, years	59.75 ± 11.88	43.70 ± 11.96	<0.001 ‡
BCVA, logMAR	0.92 ± 0.47	1.15 ± 0.28	0.264
Laterality, right:left	26:14	55:70	0.021 §
Sex, male:female	12:28	51:74	0.221§
SE, diopter	0.243 ± 1.39	−4.34 ± 3.54	<0.001 ‡
Axial length, mm	23.11 ± 0.62	26.02 ± 1.33	<0.001 ‡
Anterior chamber length, mm	2.75 ± 0.59	3.21 ± 0.64	<0.001 ‡
Central corneal thickness, μm	534.6 ± 32.08	534.6 ± 45.24	0.969
Visual field MD, dB	−0.95 ± 1.85	−1.45 ± 1.78	0.130
Average RNFL thickness, μm	102.32 ± 10.71	94.40 ± 14.09	0.002 ‡

BCVA: best-corrected visual acuity; logMAR: logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution; SE: spherical equivalent; MD: mean deviation of perimetry; RNFL: retinal nerve fiber layer.

*Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation unless otherwise indicated.

^†Independent t-test for continuous variables.

^‡Statistically significant values (P < 0.05) are shown in bold.

^§χ² test for categorical variables.