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. 2020 Nov 30;17(23):8923. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17238923

Table 5.

Interactive association between smartphone and tablet usage (hours per day) on spherical equivalent refraction (SER, D).

Smartphone Usage (h/day) Tablet Usage (h/day) Baseline 1-Year Follow-Up Change
Right eye
<2 <2 −1.29 (2.02) −1.46 (1.98) −0.17 (1.18)
≥2 <2 −1.88 (2.19) −2.12 (2.30) −0.24 (0.96)
<2 ≥2 −1.54 (2.22) −1.72 (2.16) −0.18 (0.90)
≥2 ≥2 −1.73 (2.07) −1.94 (2.14) −0.20 (0.93)
p-value <0.001 <0.001 0.68
Left eye
<2 <2 −1.27 (2.02) −1.47 (2.04) −0.20 (1.20)
≥2 <2 −1.84 (2.18) −2.05 (2.27) −0.21 (0.94)
<2 ≥2 −1.48 (2.08) −1.74 (2.05) −0.27 (0.89)
≥2 ≥2 −1.62 (2.04) −1.79 (2.10) −0.17 (0.92)
p-value <0.001 <0.001 0.86