Table 1.

Demographic and ocular characteristics of participants between the refractive groups.

Measurements	EM (n = 17)	MIM (n = 27)	MOM (n = 33)	HM (n = 21)	P value
Gender (male : female)	8 : 9	9 : 18	16 : 17	9 : 12	0.671
Laterality (OD : OS)	9 : 8	11 : 16	18 : 15	10 : 11	0.565
Age (years)	23.9 ± 2.7	25.0 ± 3.3	22.6 ± 2.1	23.5 ± 4.9	0.113
MSE (dioptres)	0.2853 ± 0.65	−1.7893 ± 0.74	−4.6379 ± 0.81	−7.5976 ± 1.57	<0.001
Axial length (mm)	23.2 ± 0.57	24.2 ± 0.92	25.2 ± 0.84	26.5 ± 0.68	<0.001
RNFL thickness (μm)
Average	109.8 ± 5.2	110.3 ± 6.2	105.5 ± 6.3	101.0 ± 8.9	<0.001
S	137.5 ± 10.7	140.0 ± 11.2	131.9 ± 13.9	124.2 ± 14.8	0.002
N	81.4 ± 5.8	83.2 ± 8.7	79.4 ± 14.0	76.0 ± 16.5	0.211
I	139.4 ± 10.4	140.3 ± 14.1	132.1 ± 11.3	123.1 ± 14.9	<0.001
T	80.4 ± 7.1	77.7 ± 12.0	79.1 ± 11.3	78.3 ± 16.2	0.919
Vessel density (%)
Average	59.9 ± 3.5	61.3 ± 2.7	59.9 ± 3.9	58.7 ± 3.6	0.023
S	59.7 ± 6.2	62.8 ± 3.7	62.4 ± 3.9	59.7 ± 6.3	0.028
N	57.8 ± 3.8	57.7 ± 3.7	55.7 ± 4.4	53.9 ± 4.1	0.016
I	60.9 ± 3.1	63.0 ± 3.0	61.5 ± 5.4	61.8 ± 3.7	0.206
T	58.5 ± 4.9	61.7 ± 4.0	60.0 ± 5.2	59.3 ± 3.0	0.015

Numbers appear as mean ± SD. I: inferior quadrant; MSE: mean spherical equivalent; N: nasal quadrant; RNFL: retinal nerve fibre layer; S: superior quadrant; T: temporal quadrant. P values significant at 5% level, Kruskal-Wallis test. Significant values are in italic type.