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Table 1 Analysis of corneal Zernike coefficients in PCCB, OCCP and PCCP with aperture size of 4 mm in diameter

From: Influence of overnight orthokeratology lens fitting decentration on corneal topography reshaping

\( {C}_n^m \)

PCCB

OCCP

PCCP

OCCP

vs.

PCCB

PCCP

vs.

PCCB

PCCP

vs.

OCCP

(mean ± standard deviation) (μm)

(Paired t test)

\( {C}_2^0 \)

75.57 ± 2.40

70.96 ± 2.68

71.13 ± 2.83

0.000*

0.000*

0.095

\( {C}_3^{-1} \)

−0.09 ± 0.21

0.01 ± 0.65

−0.28 ± 0.81

0.106

0.021†

0.011†

\( {C}_3^1 \)

0.11 ± 0.18

0.41 ± 0.65

−0.42 ± 0.87

0.000*

0.000*

0.000*

\( {C}_4^{-2} \)

−0.00 ± 0.03

−0.02 ± 0.12

− 0.04 ± 0.28

0.209

0.180

0.452

\( {C}_4^0 \)

0.30 ± 0.06

0.34 ± 0.26

0.67 ± 0.40

0.126

0.000*

0.000*

\( {C}_4^2 \)

−0.03 ± 0.05

−0.00 ± 0.18

0.04 ± 0.29

0.109

0.007†

0.118

\( {C}_5^{-1} \)

0.00 ± 0.03

−0.04 ± 0.12

−0.01 ± 0.22

0.000*

0.504

0.176

\( {C}_5^1 \)

0.01 ± 0.04

−0.01 ± 0.11

−0.07 ± 0.24

0.051

0.001*

0.028†

3rd -order RMS

0.32 ± 0.17

0.93 ± 0.49

1.07 ± 0.83

0.000*

0.000*

0.038†

4th -order RMS

0.32 ± 0.06

0.45 ± 0.22

0.80 ± 0.43

0.000*

0.000*

0.000*

High orders RMS

0.48 ± 0.14

1.12 ± 0.49

1.47 ± 0.90

0.000*

0.000*

0.000*

  1. Abbreviations: PCCB = Pupil-centered corneal Zernike coefficients of baseline/pre-treatment; OCCP = OK-lens-centered corneal Zernike coefficients of post-treatment; PCCP = Pupil-centered corneal Zernike coefficients of post-treatment
  2. *P < 0.001 (paired t test), significant statistical significance
  3. †P < 0.05(paired t test), statistical significance