Clinical Study
Increased Corneal Toricity after Long-Term Orthokeratology Lens Wear
Table 1
Comparison of refractive error and corneal curvature between the ortho-k and control group.
| | OK () | SVL () | value | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| Pretreatment age | 9.1 | 1.5 | 9.4 | 1.8 | 0.149 | Pretreatment sphere | −2.53 | 1.07 | −2.37 | 1.52 | 0.336 | Pretreatment cylinder | −0.31 | 0.40 | −0.45 | 0.58 | 0.024 | Pretreatment FK | 42.84 | 0.98 | 42.84 | 1.34 | 0.970 | Pretreatment SK | 44.00 | 1.17 | 44.11 | 1.57 | 0.494 | Pretreatment toricity | 1.16 | 0.41 | 1.28 | 0.57 | 0.047 | Posttreatment FK | 42.62 | 1.01 | 42.74 | 1.35 | 0.430 | Posttreatment SK | 44.06 | 1.12 | 44.14 | 1.58 | 0.645 | Posttreatment toricity | 1.44 | 0.44 | 1.40 | 0.61 | 0.556 | Change in toricity | 0.28 | 0.43 | 0.12 | 0.38 | 0.001 |
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