Table 1 Demographics and baseline characteristics
PRK (n=100 eyes of 50 patients) | tPRK (n=100 eyes of 50 patients) | |||||
Age (years), mean ± SD | 27.2 ± 3,3 | 27.7 ± 3.4 | ||||
Gender, n | ||||||
Male | 16 | 20 | ||||
Female | 34 | 30 | ||||
Right eyes | Left eyes | All eyes | Right eyes | Left eyes | All eyes | |
Refractive error (D), mean ± SD, | ||||||
Sphere | -3.29 ± 1.20 | -3.20 ± 1.20 | -3.24 ± 1.20 | -2.73 ± 0.98 | -2.81 ± 1.02 | -2.77 ± 1.00 |
Cylinder | -0.72 ± 0.67 | -0.70 ± 0.65 | -0.71 ± 0.65 | 0.65 ± 0.61 | -0.64 ± 0.56 | -0.64 ± 0.58 |
UCDVA (decimal), mean ± SD | 0.21 ± 0.09 | 0.21 ± 0.09 | 0.21 ± 0.09 | 0.22 ± 0.08 | 0.22 ± 0.07 | 0.22 ± 0.08 |
BCDVA (decimal), mean ± SD | 1.17 ± 0.18 | 1.18 ± 0.17 | 1.17 ± 0.18 | 1.10 ± 0.15 | 1.12 ± 0.15 | 1.11 ± 0.15 |