Inter-ocular differences (treated/right eye–fellow/left eye) in refractive parameters (mean±SE) for the controls and treatment groups.

M = spherical-equivalent; MMM = most myopic meridian; MHM = most hyperopic meridian; RA = refractive astigmatism; R-J0 and R-J45, the two vector components of RA. In experiment A, the comparisons across the controls and treated groups were tested by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s test. In experiment B, the comparisons between high and low magnitudes of imposed astigmatism were tested by two-sample t-tests. The levels of significant difference are indicated by asterisk: * p≤0.05, ** p≤0.01, *** p≤0.001 in experiment A, and # p≤0.05, ## p≤0.01, ### p≤0.001 in experiment B. a Experiment A b Experiment B Inter-ocular differences (treated/right eye–fellow/left eye) in refractive parameters (mean±SE) for the controls and treatment groups.