Table 1

Summary of mean axial length at baseline, change from baseline immediately after the near task and change from baseline 10 min after the near task for all refractive groups

	Emmetropes (n=20)	All myopes (n=20)	Myopes
			Age of onset		Progression rate
			Early-onset myope (n=10)	Late-onset myope (n=10)	Stable myope (n=12)	Progressing myope (n=8)
Baseline (mean±SD)	23.87±0.60	24.64±1.14	25.14±1.15	24.13±0.91	24.36±1.16	25.04±1.04
Change post 0 min (mean±SD)	0.010±0.015	0.020±0.020	0.027±0.021	0.014±0.020	0.014±0.018	0.031±0.022
Change post 10 min (mean±SD)	0.001±0.018	−0.001±0.019	−0.005±0.018	0.004±0.021	0.001±0.021	−0.002±0.017

All measurements are in millimetres.