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. 2022 Jul 8;101(27):e29859. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000029859

Table 2.

Pupil diameter of illuminance stratification according to age group and refractive error group.

Total Aged 20–39 yr (n = 39) Aged 40–49 yr (n = 33) Aged 50–59 yr (n = 59) Aged 60–69 yr (n = 88)
Illuminance Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Scotopic
 Emmetropes 5.54 (0.75) 5.83 (0.72) 6.02 (0.76) 5.56 (0.70) 5.24 (0.69)
 Hyperopes 5.19 (0.76) 4.40 (0.80) 5.25 (0.50) 5.41 (0.74) 5.22 (0.71)
 Myopes 5.64 (0.86) 5.90 (0.93) 5.89 (0.68) 5.31 (0.89) 5.49 (0.78)
P value <.001 <.001 .034 .384 .219
Mesopic low
 Emmetropes 5.41 (0.73) 5.72 (0.61) 5.88 (0.78) 5.45 (0.70) 5.09 (0.68)
 Hyperopes 5.13 (0.71) 4.34 (0.46) 5.18 (0.44) 5.32 (0.67) 5.15 (0.71)
 Myopes 5.51 (0.87) 5.85 (0.84) 5.76 (0.69) 5.15 (0.94) 5.31 (0.76)
P value <.001 <.001 .058 .237 .411
Mesopic high
 Emmetropes 5.12 (0.75) 5.51 (0.62) 5.48 (0.78) 5.16 (0.73) 4.79 (0.67)
 Hyperopes 4.86 (0.70) 4.39 (0.37) 4.94 (0.39) 4.98 (0.75) 4.87 (0.71)
 Myopes 5.19 (0.90) 5.66 (0.89) 5.42 (0.72) 4.78 (0.94) 4.98 (0.71)
P value <.001 <.001 .173 .121 .486

All persons (N = 221).

Values presented as mean ± SD for continuous variables.

P value is calculated as analysis of variance.

SD = standard deviation.