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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Optom Vis Sci. 2017 Nov;94(11):1029–1035. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001127

Table 4.

The mean ± SD difference between the limbus and contact lens edge at the superior and inferior locations (superior minus inferior) or the temporal and nasal locations (temporal minus nasal) while the subject fixates in primary gaze. Positive numbers indicate greater distance in the superior and temporal locations. Overall, the habitual spherical lenses centered superiorly and the multifocal contact lenses centered slightly temporarily (paired t-test).

Lens type Location Difference (mm) p-value
Habitual spherical contact lenses Superior - Inferior +0.29 ± 0.07 < 0.001
Habitual spherical contact lenses Temporal - Nasal +0.02 ± 0.04 0.60
Multifocal contact lenses Superior - Inferior +0.02 ± 0.08 0.76
Multifocal contact lenses Temporal - Nasal +0.09 ± 0.03 0.006