Table 3.

Comparison of the baseline characteristics between the “BT group” and the “surgery group”.

	BT group (n = 36)	Surgery group (n = 50)	p-value	Statistical analysis
Sex (males/females)	20/16	28/22	0.97	Chi-square
Age (years)	1 ± 1	3 ± 1	<0.00001	Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney
Near α (PD)	40.83 ± 12.04	36.20 ± 5.21	0.12	Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney
Distance α (PD)	N.A.	32.50 ± 3.73
Right eye spherical equivalent (D)	2.40 ± 1.19	2.64 ± 1.27	0.52	Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney
Left eye spherical equivalent (D)	2.25 ± 1.39	2.69 ± 1.38	0.77	Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney

α, angle of deviation; PD, prism diopters; D, diopters; N.A., not available.

Data are expressed as number or mean ± SD.