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Table 1 Demographic, preoperative and surgical information

From: The comparison of visual outcomes, aberrations, and Bowman’s layer micro-distortions after femtosecond laser small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) for the correction of high and moderate myopia and myopic astigmatism

Mean ± SD (range)

group 1

group 2

P Value

Sex (female/male)

18/12

22/8

0.31

Age (yrs)

24.50 ± 6.81 (18~45)

26.87 ± 6.09 (19~38)

0.31

Manifest spherical equivalent (D)

−6.40 ± 1.29 (−8.25~ − 3.50)

− 10.06 ± 0.77 (− 11.75~ − 8.63)

< 0.01

Manifest cylinder (D)

−0.79 ± 0.60 (− 3.00~0)

−1.24 ± 1.05 (− 4.50~0)

0.045

Preoperative LogMAR CDVA

0.023 ± 0.049 (− 0.1~0.1)

0.00 ± 0.045 (− 0.1~0.1)

0.091

Preoperative CCT (μm)

540.54 ± 30.08 (498~599)

547.17 ± 25.09 (503~599)

0.34

Lenticule thickness (μm)

126.69 ± 21.24 (75~136)

151.67 ± 4.79 (140~158)

< 0.01

Residual stromal thickness (μm)

293.86 ± 35.60 (277~369)

280.83 ± 18.73 (257~322)

0.065

Optical zone (mm)

6.48 ± 0.032 (6.0~6.6)

6.12 ± 0.14 (6.0~6.5)

< 0.01

  1. SD = Standard deviation; D = Diopters; group 1 = small-incision lenticule extraction for myopia and myopic astigmatism ≤10 D; group 2 = small-incision lenticule extraction for myopia and myopic astigmatism > − 10 D; LogMAR = logarithm of the minimal angle of resolution; CDVA = Corrected distance visual acuity; CCT = Central corneal thickness