Table-I.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of study subjects.

	High myopia (n=30)	Control (n=35)	p value
Age (years)	29.5 ± 14.5 (24, 13-66)	25.5 ± 7.1 (23, 19-39)	0.47
Gender (male/female) n (%)	8 (27%) / 22 (73%)	9 (26%) / 26 (74%)	0.93*
Settlement (rural/urban) n (%)	11 (37%) / 19 (63%)	13 (37%) / 22 (63%)	0.96*
Cycloplegic refraction (D)	-8.5 ± 4.5	-0.3 ± 0.69	<0.001
SE (D)	-9.6 ± 2.92 (-8.88, -18 - -8)	-0.3 ± 0.68 (-0.25, -2 - 1)	<0.001
AL (mm)	27.5 ± 1.2	23.3 ± 1.01	<0.001
BCVA (logMAR)	0.25 ± 0.26	0	<0.001

D: diopter; SE: spherical equivalent; AL: axial length; BCVA: best corrected visual acuity.

Data are presented as n/n or mean ±standard deviation.

^*Chi-square test.