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Br J Ophthalmol 88:1552-1556 doi:10.1136/bjo.2004.044214
  • Clinical science
    • Extended reports

Refractive adaptation in amblyopia: quantification of effect and implications for practice

Table 7

 Mean (SD) logMAR visual acuity during refractive by category of refractive error

All groups Anisometropic hypermetropia (n = 29) Anisometropic astigmatism (n = 18) Isometropia (n = 18)
Age (years) 5.1 (1.4) 5.5 (1.5) 4.7 (1.3) 5.4 (1.5)
Uncorrected VA start 0.77 (0.41) 0.74 (0.37) 0.78 (0.36) 0.75 (0.52)
Corrected VA week 0 0.67 (0.38) 0.72 (0.38) 0.66 (0.32) 0.70 (0.50)
Corrected VA week 6 0.56 (0.38) 0.59 (0.40) 0.61 (0.40) 0.40 (0.42)
Corrected VA week 12 0.45 (0.37) 0.47 (0.38) 0.62 (0.39) 0.31 (0.24)
Corrected VA week 18 0.43 (0.38) 0.48 (0.45) 0.51 (0.40) 0.45 (0.43)
Improvement in VA 0.24 (0.18) 0.24 (0.14) 0.15 (0.19) 0.25 (0.22)
Weeks to best VA (within study duration) 13.4 (5.7) 14.8 (3.86) 13.1 (5.8) 14.0 (4.0)

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