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Br J Ophthalmol 84:324-326 doi:10.1136/bjo.84.3.324
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Effect of spectacles on changes of spherical hypermetropia in infants who did, and did not, have strabismus

Table 1

Effect of spectacles on changes in spherical hypermetropia in normal children and those with strabismus

Group No Fixing eyes
Start End Change
Mean SE Mean SE Mean SE
Normal 189 +4.57 0.07 +3.33 0.08 −1.24 0.09
 T0 89 +4.47 0.11 +3.13 0.08 −1.34 0.13
 T+/− 55 +4.60 0.10 +3.25 0.13 −1.35 0.15
 T+ 45 +4.74 0.15 +3.85 0.20 −0.89 0.18
Strabismus 100 +5.15 0.13 +4.87 0.16 −0.27 0.14
 T0 53 +4.85 0.15 +4.69 0.21 −0.16 0.19
 T+/− 25 +5.14 0.22 +4.76 0.29 −0.38 0.27
 T+ 22 +5.85 0.31 +5.43 0.42 −0.42 0.35
Total 289 +4.77 0.06 +3.87 0.09 −0.90 0.08
Non-fixing eyes
Start End Change
Group No Mean SE Mean SE Mean SE
Normal 189 +4.65 0.07 +3.51 0.08 −1.15 0.09
 T0 89 +4.57 0.11 +3.33 0.09 −1.24 0.13
 T+/− 55 +4.55 0.12 +3.42 0.14 −1.13 0.15
 T+ 45 +4.96 0.14 +3.97 0.21 −0.98 0.18
Strabismus 100 +5.37 0.12 +5.53 0.15 +0.16 0.13
 T0 53 +5.08 0.16 +5.36 0.21 +0.28 0.18
 T+/− 25 +5.36 0.22 +5.37 0.31 +0.01 0.28
 T+ 22 +6.07 0.28 +6.09 0.33 +0.02 0.26
Total 289 +4.90 0.07 +4.21 0.09 −0.70 0.08

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