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. 2018 Oct 2;103(8):1106–1111. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2018-312262

Table 2.

Improvement of vision impairment in better seeing eye with refractive correction by age category

Age category (years)
5–6 7–9 10–12 13–15 16–17 All
UCVA ≤20/40 n=76 n=143 n=430 n=1220 n=155 n=2024
 ≥2 lines improvement 33 (43.4%) 130 (90.9%) 421 (97.9%) 1212 (99.3%) 154 (99.4%) 1950 (96.3%)
 ≥3 lines improvement 20 (26.3%) 99 (69.2%) 394 (91.6%) 1178 (96.6%) 152 (98.1%) 1843 (91.1%)
UCVA ≤20/50 n=23 n=89 n=327 n=995 n=128 n=1562
 ≥2 lines improvement 19 (82.6%) 85 (95.5%) 322 (98.5%) 990 (99.5%) 128 (100%) 1544 (98.9%)
 ≥3 lines improvement 13 (56.5%) 79 (88.8%) 318 (97.3%) 984 (98.9%) 127 (99.2%) 1521 (97.4%)
UCVA ≤20/63 n=10 n=56 n=226 n=758 n=107 n=1157
 ≥2 lines improvement 8 (80.0%) 53 (94.6%) 225 (99.6%) 756 (99.7%) 107 (100%) 1149 (99.3%)
 ≥3 lines improvement 7 (70.0%) 50 (89.3%) 223 (98.7%) 752 (99.2%) 106 (99.1%) 1138 (98.4%)

UCVA, uncorrected visual acuity.