Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants (n = 36 eyes)

	Non-myopia	Low myopia	Moderate to high myopia	P -values
Sex, n (males/females)	12 (4/8)	12 (4/8)	12 (4/8)	0.32
Age, years	27.2 $\pm$ 5.3	27.3 $\pm$ 5.1	26.7 $\pm$ 6.9	0.59
SER, mean $\pm$ SD (range) (D)	0.18 $\pm$ 0.59 (+1.00 to –0.50)	–1.54 $\pm$ 0.54 (–0.75 to –3.00)	–7.50 $\pm$ 1.90 (–3.25 to –10.50)	< 0.001*
SER, spherical equivalent refraction; D, diopter; SD, standard deviation; n, number *Statistical significance from analysis of variance (ANOVA) Values are expressed as mean ( $\pm$ standard deviations)