Table 1 Baseline demographic and myopia progression data (mean ± SD)

N (eyes)

47

49

42

N per sex (eyes)

 Male

20

22

20

0.891

 Female

27

27

22

 Age (years)

10.62 ± 1.88

10.18 ± 1.94

10.60 ± 2.13

0.488

 Baseline SE (D)

 − 2.38 ± 1.22

 − 2.19 ± 1.00

 − 2.19 ± 1.12

0.646

 ∆SE (D)

 − 0.13 ± 0.55

 − 0.21 ± 0.47

 − 0.55 ± 0.46

< 0.001

 < 0.001

 Baseline AL (mm)

24.57 ± 0.80

24.36 ± 0.86

24.37 ± 0.71

0.348

 ∆AL (mm)

0.09 ± 0.23

0.17 ± 0.17

0.26 ± 0.20

0.001

 < 0.001