Corneal Biomechanical Properties in Myopic Eyes Measured by a Dynamic Scheimpflug Analyzer

Table 1

The demographic data of the study population.

Parameter	Emmetropia ()	Low myopia ()	Moderate myopia ()	High myopia ()	value
Age (years)	34.00 ± 7.85	30.43 ± 6.43	29.54 ± 6.77	29.29 ± 6.97	0.09^a
Sex (M/F)	17/4	13/8	23/5	24/9	0.37^b
SE (D)	−0.07 ± 0.28	−1.71 ± 0.78	−4.41 ± 0.73	−8.98 ± 2.66	<0.001^a
AL (mm)	23.21 ± 0.94	24.34 ± 1.08	25.28 ± 0.82	26.69 ± 1.27	<0.001^a
MK (D)	43.85 ± 0.99	43.44 ± 1.23	43.40 ± 1.36	43.84 ± 1.02	0.32^a

M: male; F: female; D: diopters; SE: spherical equivalent; AL: axial length; MK: mean keratometry.
^aOne-way analysis of variance.
^b-test.
Significant differences in SE and AL were present among the four groups (post hoc test, ).