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. 2020 Jul 29;15(3):308–317. doi: 10.18502/jovr.v15i3.7449

Table 4.

Mean loss of contrast sensitivity, expressed in logarithmic units, from photopic to mesopic lighting conditions (LC) and under glare conditions in mesopic LC.


Loss Photopic to Mesopic LC Loss Mesopic to Mesopic with glare LC
Spatial Frequency (cpd) 1.5 3 6 12 18 1.5 3 6 12 18
IOL1 0.051 0.105 0.227 0.406 0.569 0.096 0.23 0.233 0.452 0.256
IOL2 0.021 0.129 0.185 0.400 0.358 0.165 0.121 0.154 0.217 0.331
IOL3 0.030 0.140 0.221 0.521 0.433 0.167 0.139 0.229 0.099 0.206
P (ANOVA) 0.69 0.62 0.69 0.69 0.27 0.17 0.04 0.75 0.02 0.64
P ( t -test)1–2* 0.43 0.59 0.17 0.77 0.25 0.13 0.01 0.71 0.27 0.84
P ( t -test)1–3* 0.53 0.31 0.60 0.34 0.41 0.20 0.05 0.84 0.04 0.81
P ( t -test)2–3* 0.92 0.64 0.60 0.62 0.75 0.98 0.77 0.85 0.30 0.67
IOL1, Bioline Yellow Accurate; IOL2, Physiol H65C/N; IOL3, BioAcryl60125; cpd, cycles per degree P-value comparing all three IOL groups with one-way analysis of variance; *P-value comparing IOL groups in couples with Student's t-test