Research Article

Evaluation of Corneal Higher-Order Aberrations by Scheimpflug–Placido Topography in Patients with Different Refractive Errors: A Retrospective Observational Study

Table 2

Corneal HOAs of all groups.

GroupRMS SARMS comaRMS trefoilTotal RMS

RMS of anterior corneal aberrations (mean ± SD)
Low and moderate myopia0.17 ± 0.050.16 ± 0.090.15 ± 0.080.34 ± 0.32
High myopia0.16 ± 0.060.19 ± 0.110.16 ± 0.110.34 ± 0.13
Myopic astigmatism0.14 ± 0.060.23 ± 0.220.24 ± 0.250.44 ± 0.34
Hypermetropic astigmatism0.09 ± 0.050.23 ± 0.160.23 ± 0.140.41 ± 0.22
Hypermetropia0.04 ± 0.020.26 ± 0.120.21 ± 0.120.99 ± 0.70

RMS of posterior corneal aberrations (mean ± SD)
Low and moderate myopia0.01 ± 0.020.06 ± 0.020.03 ± 0.010.06 ± 0.03
High myopia0.04 ± 0.030.04 ± 0.030.06 ± 0.030.06 ± 0.05
Myopic astigmatism0.01 ± 0.010.07 ± 0.020.06 ± 0.0220.09 ± 0.04
Hypermetropic astigmatism0.05 ± 0.070.07 ± 0.040.03 ± 0.050.08 ± 0.06
Hypermetropia0.03 ± 0.020.02 ± 0.050.05 ± 0.010.05 ± 0.07