Journal of Ophthalmology / 2015 / Article / Tab 2 / Review Article
Efficacy and Acceptability of Orthokeratology for Slowing Myopic Progression in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Table 2 Efficacy (mean AL change) and acceptability (dropout rate) in each study at 2-year follow-up.
Mean AL change (mm) Dropout rate (dropouts/total) Treatment group Control group Treatment group Control group Cho et al. [16 ] 0.29 ± 0.27 0.54 ± 0.27 8/43 NA Walline et al. [17 ] 0.25 ± 0.27a 0.57 ± 0.40a 12/40 NA Kakita et al. [18 ] 0.39 ± 0.27 0.61 ± 0.24 3/45 10/60 Cho and Cheung [19 ] 0.36 ± 0.24 0.63 ± 0.26 14/51 10/51 Hiraoka et al. [20 ] 0.45 ± 0.21 0.71 ± 0.40 7/29 9/30 Santodomingo-Rubido et al. [21 , 24 ] 0.47 ± 0.20b 0.69 ± 0.30b 2/31 6/30 Charm and Cho [22 ] 0.19 ± 0.21 0.51 ± 0.32 14/26 10/26 Chen et al. [23 ] 0.31 ± 0.27 0.64 ± 0.31 8/43 14/37
AL = axial length; NA = not available. a used the highest sd value of other studies with the same follow-up period. b derived from standard error in combination with GetData Graph Digitizer 2.24 (http://getdata-graph-digitizer.com/ ).