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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of children who performed eye exercises and those who did not performed eye exercises of acupoints in the Handan Offspring Myopia Study

From: Eye exercises of acupoints: their impact on myopia and visual symptoms in Chinese rural children

 

Children performed eye exercises (n = 121)

Children did not perform eye exercises (n = 715)

Age, years

11.8 ± 2.3

10.3 ± 2.4

Gender, male/female

64/57

373/342

Height, cm

146.3 ± 12.5

138.5 ± 13.5

Weight, kg

39.2 ± 10.4

33.4 ± 10.2

Cycloplegic SE, diopter

−0.40 ± 1.62

0.06 ± 1.31

Myopia, number (%)

50 (41.3)

148 (20.7)

Paternal average SE, diopter

−0.46 ± 0.69

−0.54 ± 0.77

CISS score

14.3 ± 6.4

10.7 ± 6.8

  1. SE spherical equivalent, CISS convergence insufficiency symptom survey