Research Article

Responses of the Ocular Anterior Segment and Refraction to 0.5% Tropicamide in Chinese School-Aged Children of Myopia, Emmetropia, and Hyperopia

Table 1

Patient demographics and refractive status.

EmmetropiaHyperopiaMyopia

Pre-SE (D)−0.30 ± 0.560.33 ± 1.05−1.93 ± 1.21

Post-SE (D)0.03 ± 0.251.16 ± 1.23−1.85 ± 1.25
104 (37.01%)58 (20.64%)119 (42.35%)
Male/female56/4829/2958/61
Age (y)8.64 ± 1.538.12 ± 1.599.43 ± 1.32

SE: spherical equivalence.