Table 1 Patient characteristics

 Patient number

43

32

N/A

 Study eye number

80 (38 left, 42 right)

63 (32 left, 31 right)

N/A

 Sex (Male/Female) ^c

14/29

5/27

0.1

 Age (years) ^b

30 (25 ~ 32)

27 (23 ~ 32)

0.13

 Spherical refractive error (D) ^a

−5.98 ± 1.52

−7.70 ± 2.28

< 0.01

 Cylindrical refractive error (D) ^b

−0.50 (−1.00 ~ −0.25)

−1.00 (−1.50 ~ −0.75)

< 0.001

 Spherical equivalent (D) ^a

−6.33 ± 1.56

−8.26 ± 2.39

< 0.001

 CDVA (logMAR) ^a

−0.03 ± 0.05

−0.02 ± 0.04

< 0.01

 Axial length (mm) ^b

26.05 (25.48 ~ 26.76)

26.24 (25.50 ~ 27.25)

0.38

 Central corneal thickness (μm) ^b

561 (527 ~ 573)

545 (526 ~ 568)

0.28

 Cap/Flap diameter (mm)

7.5

8

N/A

 Cap/Flap thickness (μm)

100–110

100

N/A

 Lenticule thickness (SMILE, μm) or Ablation depth (FS-LASIK, μm) ^b

132 (104 ~ 144)

142 (128 ~ 158)

< 0.001