Mean spherical equivalent refractive error in the treatment and placebo groups over time
| Treatment group | Mean spherical equivalent (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | |
| Patients were excluded from this table if they were pseudophakic.) There were no significant differences between the two groups | ||||||
| Nine subjects reached the “failure of treatment” end point, three in the placebo group and six in the antioxidant group (p = 0.51). | ||||||
| Placebo group | −0.13 (−0.19 to −0.06) | −0.22 (−0.29 to −0.14) | −0.29 (−0.37 to −0.21) | −0.21 (−0.29 to −0.14) | −0.31 (−0.40 to −0.21) | −0.26 (−0.35 to −0.18) |
| Vitamin group | −0.07 (−0.12 to −0.03) | −0.17 (−0.21 to −0.11) | −0.16 (−0.23 to −0.11) | −0.13 (−0.19 to −0.08) | −0.17 (−0.24 to −0.09) | −0.52 (−0.34 to −0.18) |