Table 1 Characteristics of the study group and average parameters of morphology and transparency of the lens and vision performance

Age (years)

49

39.24 ± 18.80

Subjective refraction error (D)

49

 Sphere

− 1.0 ± 2.2

 Cylinder

− 0.6 ± 0.6

Pupil diameter (mm)

49

5.8 ± 1.4

Thickness (mm)

49

 Lens

4.54 ± 0.5

 Cortex

1.99 ± 0.47

 Nucleus

2.39 ± 0.27

 C1α

0.16 ± 0.04

 C1β

0.20 ± 0.07

 C2

0.27 ± 0.08

 C3

1.07 ± 0.38

 C4

0.30 ± 0.08

Radius of curvature (mm)

49

 Anterior lens capsule

10.19 ± 1.63

 Anterior nucleus

4.06 ± 0.37

 Posterior nucleus

3.67 ± 0.33

 Posterior lens capsule

5.91 ± 0.40

Optical density (× 10³) (a.u.)

49

 Lens

25.8 ± 8.5

 Cortex

35.0 ± 6.5

 Nucleus

14.8 ± 2.9

 C1α

33.6 ± 7.4

 C1β

39.8 ± 7.4

 C2

33.1 ± 8.9

 C3

4.3 ± 1.1

 C4

25.5 ± 6.5

Objective scatter index

49

0.75 ± 0.55

Visual function

49

 AULCSF

2.25 ± 0.20

 VA (logMAR)

− 0.01 ± 0.06