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. 2019 Aug 21;9:12143. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48613-3

Table 1.

Comparison of demographic and clinical parameters between groups.

Parameters Unilateral amblyopic children Controls p-valuea p-valueb p-valuec p-valued
Amblyopic eyes Fellow eyes
No. eyes (patients) 32 (32) 32 (32) 38 (19)
Age, years, mean ± SD (range) 6.9 ± 2.9 (3–12) 7.3 ± 2.3 (3–16) 0.607 0.233 0.233
Male, n (%) 15 (47) 14 (37) 0.403
Refractive error, D, mean ± SD 4.16 ± 1.97 2.32 ± 2.37 −0.75 ± 1.35 0.039** <0.001* <0.001* <0.001*
BCVA, LogMAR, mean ± SD 0.30 ± 0.22 0.13 ± 0.24 0.02 ± 0.05 <0.001** <0.001* 0.014 <0.001*
Axial length, mm, mean ± SD 21.28 ± 1.05 22.25 ± 0.87 23.38 ± 0.79 <0.001** <0.001* <0.001* 0.002*

SD: standard deviation; D: diopter; BCVA: best-corrected visual acuity; logMAR: minimal angle of logarithm. aKruskal Wallis test between Amblyopic eyes, fellow eyes, and controls. bMann-Whitney test between amblyopic eyes and controls. cMann-Whitney test between fellow eyes and controls. dMann-Whitney test between amblyopic eyes and fellow eyes. *Statistically significant p-value.