Table 1.
Refractive error and ocular parameters at the onset and end of the dim-light-diffuser period. Asterisks denote significant interocular differences. There were no significant between-group differences in refractive error or any of the ocular parameters at either time point.
| Baseline | End of the dim-light-diffuser period | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL-FD (25 ± 3 days)1 | NL-FD (23 ± 2 days) | DL-FD (154 ± 7 days) | NL-FD (149 ± 23 days) | |||||
| Treated eye | Control eye | Treated eye | Control eye | Treated eye | Control eye | Treated eye | Control eye | |
| Refractive error (mean ± SD. D) | 3.73 ± 1.25 | 3.78 ± 1.23 | 4.13 ± 1.29* | 4.29 ± 1.28 | −1.87 ± 4.81* | +2.01 ± 2.78 | −1.30 ± 4.28* | +3.18 ± 1.68 |
| Corneal power (mean ± SD, D) | 62.16 ± 0.97 | 61.93 ± 0.98 | 61.14 ± 1.34 | 60.98 ± 1.22 | 55.73 ± 0.72 | 56.05 ± 0.78 | 55.98 ± 1.52 | 55.45 ± 1.57 |
| Anterior chamber depth (mean ± SD, mm) | 2.38 ± 0.15 | 2.4 ± 0.15 | 2.66 ± 0.16 | 2.61 ± 0.28 | 2.92 ± 0.1 | 2.99 ± 0.11 | 3.12 ± 0.24 | 3.14 ± 0.24 |
| Lens Thickness (mean ± SD, mm) | 3.72 ± 0.08 | 3.72 ± 0.06 | 3.60 ± 0.15 | 3.62 ± 0.2 | 3.72 ± 0.13 | 3.67 ± 0.14 | 3.57 ± 0.15 | 3.59 ± 0.14 |
| Vitreous chamber depth (mean ± SD, mm) | 8.44 ± 0.29 | 8.42 ± 0.3 | 8.62 ± 0.27 | 8.65 ± 0.26 | 10.76 ± 0.75* | 9.93 ± 0.5 | 10.60 ± 0.92* | 9.89 ± 0.58 |
1.
Significant, but negligible, between-group difference in starting age
*
Significant interocular difference.