Research Article

Long-Term Visual Quality and Pupil Changes after Small-Incision Lenticule Extraction for Eyes without Preoperative Cylinder Refraction

Table 8

The relationship between the changes of photopic pupil size and the changes of contrast sensitivity.

Itemβ value95% CI
Lower limitsUpper limits

Photopic conditionA0.0310.884−0.2330.269
B−0.0120.947−0.2210.207
C0.0770.636−0.2220.356
D0.0770.458−0.2730.428

Photopic and glareA−0.0160.946−0.2310.216
B−0.2610.115−0.4330.051
C0.2820.0380.0160.504
D−0.1790.293−0.5700.180

ScotopicA−0.3310.077−0.6210.034
B−0.0610.744−0.5690.412
C0.0610.753−0.3610.492
D−0.0980.623−0.4740.290

Scotopic and glareA−0.2790.171−0.7240.136
B0.0310.835−0.3180.390
C−0.0130.936−0.3240.300
D−0.1410.482−0.190.291

A, B, C, and D mean 3, 6, 12, and 18 cycles/degree, respectively. The bold value “0.038” means to be statistically significant.