Table 4

 Mean (SD) refractive error and cylinder axis range for refractive error categories

All groupsAnisometropic hypermetropia (n = 29)Anisometropic astigmatism (n = 19)Isometropia (n = 18)
Amblyopic eyeMean sphere4.0 (2.1)4.51 (1.9)4.34 (2.7)3.69 (1.64)
Range sphere+9.00 to −4.00+9.00 to +2.00+7.75 to −4.00+6.50 to +0.75
Mean cylinder−0.91 (1.0)−0.45 (0.29)−1.4 (0.87)−1.1 (0.85)
Range cylinder0 to 3.500 to 0.500.75 to 3.250 to 3.50
Fellow eyeMean sphere2.7 (1.8)2.19 (1.19)2.67 (1.35)3.37 (1.65)
Range sphere+6.50 to 0.00+6.00 to +0.00+6.50 to +0.00+6.00 to +0.75
Mean cylinder−0.45 (0.62)−0.13 (0.19)−0.71 (0.33)−0.71 (0.88)
Range cylinder0 to 3.000 to 0.500.75 to 1.250 to 3.00