Changes in ocular parameters and outdoor time among different puberty development groups (mean (SD))
Puberty development groups | AL (mm) | SE (D) | Outdoor time (hours) | ||||
Baseline | Follow-up | Changes | Baseline | Follow-up | Changes | ||
Menarche or first spermatorrhoea occurrence | |||||||
PND (n=403) | 23.87 (1.10) | 24.51 (1.21) | 0.63 (0.34)* | −0.62 (1.76) | −1.56 (2.08) | −1.06 (0.66)* | 2.01 (1.18) |
ND (n=143) | 24.24 (0.96) | 24.79 (1.00) | 0.55 (0.30)* | −1.69 (1.98) | −2.86 (2.16) | −1.01 (0.59)* | 2.30 (1.29) |
BD (n=83) | 24.59 (1.21) | 25.15 (1.24) | 0.56 (0.32)* | −2.32 (2.35) | −3.73 (2.44) | −1.18 (0.72)* | 1.85 (1.09) |
P value† | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.017 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.348 | 0.015 |
Boys’ first spermatorrhoea | |||||||
PND (n=266) | 24.18 (1.03) | 24.81 (1.15) | 0.63 (0.34)* | −0.83 (1.77) | −1.75 (2.14) | −1.03 (0.65)* | 1.98 (1.19) |
ND (n=40) | 24.72 (0.97) | 25.27 (1.07) | 0.54 (0.33)* | −1.68 (1.83) | −2.93 (2.00) | −0.96 (0.59)* | 2.45 (1.28) |
BD (n=36) | 25.28 (1.11) | 25.89 (1.10) | 0.61 (0.34)* | −3.12 (2.28) | −4.35 (2.44) | −1.27 (0.81)* | 1.92 (0.94) |
P value† | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.344 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.187 | 0.072 |
Girls’ menarche | |||||||
PND (n=137) | 23.26 (0.98) | 23.93 (1.10) | 0.65 (0.33)* | −0.20 (1.67) | −1.19 (1.90) | −1.12 (0.69)* | 2.06 (1.16) |
ND (n=103) | 24.05 (0.89) | 24.61 (0.90) | 0.56 (0.29)* | −1.70 (2.04) | −2.82 (2.24) | −1.03 (0.59)* | 2.24 (1.30) |
BD (n=47) | 24.07 (1.01) | 24.60 (1.06) | 0.53 (0.31)* | −1.70 (2.24) | −3.11 (2.31) | −1.08 (0.60)* | 1.80 (1.19) |
P value† | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.024 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.712 | 0.122 |
*P <0.01, compared between baseline and follow-up within the group using paired t-test.
†Statistical significance was tested using variance analysis.
AL, axial length; BD, baseline developed; ND, newly developed; PND, persistent non-developed; SE, spherical equivalent.