Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of multifocal IOL group and monofocal IOL group

Number of eyes / patients

36 / 18

34 / 17

Sex (male / female)

8 / 10

8 / 9

Age (years)

65.8 ± 5.7 (range: 55–76)

67.0 ± 5.9 (range: 56–78)

0.797

Mean corneal astigmatism (D)

0.60 ± 0.25 (range: 0–1.00) (dominant eye), 0.60 ± 0.30 (range: 0–1.00) (non-dominant eye)

0.58 ± 0.23 (range: 0–1.00) (dominant eye), 0.61 ± 0.27 (range: 0–1.00) (non-dominant eye)

0.688

0.724

Mean spherical equivalent (D)

0.55 ± 1.99 (range: − 5.75–2.25) (dominant eye), 0.21 ± 2.05 (range: − 5.50–3.50) (non-dominant eye)

0.61 ± 1.78 (range: − 4.75–2.00) (dominant eye), 0.25 ± 1.85 (range: − 5.00–3.25) (non-dominant eye)

0.556

0.473

Mean axial length (mm)

23.46 ± 1.08 (range: 20.84–26.00) (dominant eye), 23.52 ± 1.09 (range: 20.91–26.13) (non-dominant eye)

23.38 ± 0.99 (range: 21.01–25.87) (dominant eye), 23.50 ± 1.03 (range: 20.99–26.02) (non-dominant eye)

0.522

0.610