Table 1.

Subject characteristics.

Variables	Number (%)
Gender a
Male	127 (40.2%)
Female	189 (59.8%)
Age, years [median (min-max)] a	25.3±3.8
Degree of myopia b
High myopia	217 (64.2%)
Very high	99 (35.8%)
Mean corneal thickness μm (x±SD)b	545.0 ± 29.9
Steepening keratometric reading (D)	44.9 ±1.7
Mean axial length, mm (x ± SD)b	27.1±1.3
Within target	274 (86.7)

Categorical data was reported as actual number (%)^a and numerical data was presented as mean

and Standard Deviation (SD)^b