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All patients included in the study underwent a complete eye examination, including refraction, slit lamp examination, and wave front analysis using Baush and Lomb Zywave aberrometer. The wavefront maps were analyzed using a 6 mm pupil diameter and up to the fifth order of Zernike coefficients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The mean age in the myopic group was 24.5 \u00b1 4.5 years. The mean spherical equivalent in the myopic group was \u2212 3.5 \u00b1 2.7 D. A statistically significant (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2264 0.05) negative correlation (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">r<\/jats:italic>\n                      = \u22120.2) was noted between the spherical equivalent and total higher order root mean square (HO RMS) (from 3\n                      <jats:sup>rd<\/jats:sup>\n                      to 5\n                      <jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup>\n                      ) in the myopia group. The mean age in the emmetropic group was 25.04 \u00b1 6.39 years. A statistically significant (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2264 0.05) positive correlation was noted between age and total HO RMS in the emmetropia group. Comparison of HOAs between the myopia group and emmetropia group revealed a statistically significant difference (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2264 0.05) in the mean value of vertical coma, fourth-order spherical aberration. The mean value of total HO RMS (third to fifth order aberrations) in the myopia and emmetropia groups was found to be 0.444 \u00b1 0.167, 0.412 \u00b1 0.156 \u03bcm, respectively.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We found more total levels of HOAs in myopic eyes compared to emmetropes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/ojo.ojo_45_25","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,27]],"date-time":"2026-02-27T19:00:13Z","timestamp":1772218813000},"page":"59-64","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Ocular higher order aberrations: A comparison between myopes and emmetropes"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Indu","family":"Govind","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"East Point College of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"C. 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