Table 2.

Summary of ocular dimensions and refractive error (X and N) and inter-ocular difference (X – N) on various days (Mean ± SEM).

Group	Time period relative to lens removal (day)*	Eye	Anterior chamber depth (mm)	Lens thickness (mm)	Vitreous chamber depth (mm)	Choroidal thickness (mm)	Axial length (mm)	Refractive error (D)
+7 D recovery in light (+7-light) n = 8	−7 (baseline)	X	1.20 ± 0.01	1.85 ± 0.0	5.15 ± 0.08	0.19 ± 0.02	8.72 ± 0.09	−0.69 ± 0.33
		N	1.22 ± 0.00	1.85 ± 0.03	5.15 ± 0.07	0.16 ± 0.01	8.69 ± 0.08	−0.23 ± 0.45
		X – N	−0.02 ± 0.01	0.00 ± 0.01	0.00 ± 0.01	0.03 ± 0.03	0.03 ± 0.03	−0.46 ± 0.49
		p	.072	.782	.855	.086	.393	.393
	0 (lens removal)	X	1.37 ± 0.02	2.16 ± 0.02	5.02 ± 0.08	0.28 ± 0.02	9.18 ± 0.10	6.57 ± 0.41
		N	1.36 ± 0.02	2.17 ± 0.02	5.31 ± 0.07	0.20 ± 0.01	9.37 ± 0.07	0.23 ± 0.45
		X – N	0.00 ± 0.01	−0.01 ± 0.01	−0.29 ± 0.03	0.09 ± 0.02	−0.19 ± 0.03	6.34 ± 0.71
		p	.731	.445	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001
	2 (recovery)	X	1.42 ± 0.01	2.24 ± 0.02	5.38 ± 0.05	0.21 ± 0.01	9.59 ± 0.07	0.52 ± 0.41
		N	1.42 ± 0.01	2.30 ± 0.01	5.43 ± 0.05	0.20 ± 0.00	9.68 ± 0.06	0.25 ± 0.36
		X – N	0.00 ± 0.01	−0.05 ± 0.01	−0.05 ± 0.02	0.01 ± 0.01	−0.09 ± 0.03	0.27 ± 0.49
		p	.829	<.001	.02	.741	.003	.614
+7 D recovery in darkness (+7-dark) n = 8	−4 (baseline)	X	1.28 ± 0.02	1.88 ± 0.02	5.05 ± 0.03	0.20 ± 0.02	8.74 ± 0.05	−0.52 ± 0.69
		N	1.30 ± 0.02	1.87 ± 0.01	5.05 ± 0.04	0.18 ± 0.02	8.73 ± 0.04	−1.41 ± 0.32
		X – N	−0.02 ± 0.01	0.01 ± 0.01	0.00 ± 0.01	0.02 ± 0.02	0.01 ± 0.02	0.89 ± 0.65
		p	.386	.581	.920	.186	.760	.348
	0 (lens removal)	X	1.25 ± 0.03	1.94 ± 0.02	4.91 ± 0.04	0.29 ± 0.01	8.72 ± 0.07	5.75 ± 0.85
		N	1.32 ± 0.02	1.98 ± 0.02	5.14 ± 0.05	0.16 ± 0.01	8.92 ± 0.06	−1.33 ± 0.33
		X – N	−0.06 ± 0.02	−0.04 ± 0.01	−0.23 ± 0.02	0.12 ± 0.02	−0.20 ± 0.03	7.08 ± 0.80
		p	.005	.041	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001
	3 (recovery)	X	1.37 ± 0.04	2.08 ± 0.02	5.21 ± 0.04	0.18 ± 0.00	9.17 ± 0.08	1.22 ± 1.02
		N	1.43 ± 0.02	2.10 ± 0.02	5.29 ± 0.06	0.13 ± 0.00	9.29 ± 0.06	−2.68 ± 0.53
		X – N	−0.07 ± 0.03	−0.02 ± 0.02	−0.08 ± 0.04	0.05 ± 0.00	−0.12 ± 0.04	3.90 ± 0.75
		p	.004	.119	<.001	.003	<.001	<.001
−7 D recovery in light (−7-light) n = 5	−5 (baseline)	X	1.22 ± 0.03	1.60 ± 0.01	5.18 ± 0.10	0.23 ± 0.03	8.55 ± 0.11	−2.06 ± 0.89
		N	1.22 ± 0.03	1.60 ± 0.01	5.10 ± 0.07	0.25 ± 0.03	8.49 ± 0.08	−2.20 ± 1.01
		X – N	0.00 ± 0.01	0.00 ± 0.00	0.08 ± 0.04	−0.02 ± 0.02	0.06 ± 0.04	0.14 ± 0.41
		p	.94	.985	.024	.337	.199	.718
	0 (lens removal)	X	1.20 ± 0.04	1.86 ± 0.02	5.43 ± 0.06	0.14 ± 0.01	8.95 ± 0.10	−5.78 ± 0.79
		N	1.24 ± 0.02	1.91 ± 0.02	5.01 ± 0.05	0.20 ± 0.01	8.69 ± 0.06	−1.16 ± 0.47
		X – N	−0.05 ± 0.03	−0.05 ± 0.02	0.42 ± 0.02	−0.06 ± 0.01	0.25 ± 0.05	−4.62 ± 0.71
		p	.151	.904	<.001	.029	<.001	<.001
	2 (recovery)	X	1.27 ± 0.05	1.94 ± 0.02	5.20 ± 0.07	0.35 ± 0.02	9.08 ± 0.12	−0.06 ± 0.28
		N	1.31 ± 0.02	1.96 ± 0.01	5.04 ± 0.06	0.23 ± 0.04	8.87 ± 0.09	−1.37 ± 0.48
		X – N	−0.04 ± 0.04	−0.02 ± 0.02	0.16 ± 0.03	0.12 ± 0.02	0.21 ± 0.05	1.31 ± 0.33
		p	.058	.017	<.001	.017	<.001	<.001
−7 D recovery in darkness (−7-dark) n = 11	−4 (baseline)	X	1.32 ± 0.02	1.92 ± 0.02	5.01 ± 0.06	0.22 ± 0.03	8.82 ± 0.04	−0.69 ± 0.42
		N	1.31 ± 0.01	1.93 ± 0.02	5.03 ± 0.05	0.21 ± 0.02	8.82 ± 0.04	−0.19 ± 0.23
		X – N	0.01 ± 0.01	−0.01 ± 0.01	−0.02 ± 0.02	0.01 ± 0.02	−0.01 ± 0.02	−0.50 ± 0.32
		p	.677	.526	.293	.814	.858	.393
	0 (lens removal)	X	1.34 ± 0.02	2.02 ± 0.02	5.28 ± 0.07	0.17 ± 0.02	9.17 ± 0.07	−5.22 ± 0.46
		N	1.35 ± 0.01	2.04 ± 0.02	5.09 ± 0.07	0.23± 0.03	9.05 ± 0.06	−0.52 ± 0.33
		X – N	−0.01 ± 0.02	−0.02 ± 0.01	0.20 ± 0.02	−0.05 ± 0.03	0.11 ± 0.03	−4.69 ± 0.47
		p	.835	.184	<.001	.027	<.001	<.001
	3 (recovery)	X	1.40 ± 0.03	2.13 ± 0.02	5.36 ± 0.07	0.18 ± 0.00	9.42 ± 0.07	−2.92 ± 0.53
		N	1.46 ± 0.02	2.17 ±0.02	5.23 ± 0.06	0.19 ± 0.02	9.40 ± 0.05	−1.11 ± 0.46
		X – N	−0.05 ± 0.04	−0.03 ± 0.02	0.14 ± 0.02	−0.01 ± 0.02	0.02 ± 0.04	−1.81 ± 0.56
		p	.036	.069	<.001	.715	.523	.002

^*Normalized age used. See Table 1 and Methods for details. D = diopter.

P: The mean values in the experimental and fellow eyes were compared at different time points measured using Two-Way Mixed Measures Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), with the Holm-Sidak adjustment method. P-values of statistical significance are underlined and in bold font.