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. 2020 Sep 28;15(1):100–106. doi: 10.1016/j.optom.2020.08.008

Table 1.

Mean and standard deviation of sphere, cylinder and spherical equivalent (SE) obtained using different refraction techniques. (n = 83 eyes).

Variables Mean ± SD (95% CI)
Friedman Test [Pairwise Comparisons]
Subjective Refraction (1) Dry Autorefraction (2) Cycloplegic Autorefraction (3) Wavefront-based Refraction (4)
Sphere (D) −3.22 ± 1.59 (−3.56 to −2.87) −3.39 ± 1.62 (−3.74 to −3.03) −3.09 ± 1.63 (−3.45 to −2.73) −3.11 ± 1.69 (−3.48 to −2.74) (X2(3) = 91.299, p < 0.001) [1,4: 0.145, 3,4: 0.667, Other pairs: <0.05]
Cylinder (D) −0.63 ± 0.72 (−0.79 to −0.47) −0.73 ± 0.71 (−0.89 to −0.58) −0.70 ± 0.70 (−0.85 to −0.55) −0.76 ± 0.71 (−0.92 to −0.60) (X2(3) = 48.412, p < 0.001) [2,3: 0.457, 2,4: 0.708, Other pairs: <0.05]
SE (D) −3.53 ± 1.53 (−3.87 to −3.20) −3.76 ± 1.55 (−4.10 to −3.42) −3.44 ± 1.57 (−3.78 to −3.10) −3.49 ± 1.61 (−3.85 to −3.14) (X2(3) = 89.933, p < 0.001) [1,4: 1.00, Other pairs: <0.05]