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Table 4 Keratocyte density in the central and peripheral transparent cornea

From: Comparison of human corneal cell density by age and corneal location: an in vivo confocal microscopy study

Parameters

Anterior stroma

(cells/mm2)

Posterior stroma

(cells/mm2)

Total

  

 Central

990 ± 233

554 ± 132

 Peripheral

886 ± 187

546 ± 136

  t value

3.37

0.435

  P value

0.001*

0.665

Group A

  

 Central

1,019 ± 262

552 ± 130

 Peripheral

967 ± 152

576 ± 152

  t value

0.813

0.764

  P value

0.427

0.455

Group B

  

 Central

1,025 ± 186

559 ± 132

 Peripheral

898 ± 214

549 ± 118

  t value

2.161

0.333

  P value

0.043*

0.743

Group C

  

 Central

1,026 ± 216

570 ± 135

 Peripheral

851 ± 173

544 ± 119

  t value

3.612

0.632

  P value

0.002*

0.535

Group D

  

 Central

867 ± 252

532 ± 142

 Peripheral

819 ± 183

512 ± 157

  t value

0.604

0.491

  P value

0.555

0.630

  1. Differences between the central and peripheral cornea were analyzed using the paired Student’s t-test (*P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant)
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BMC Ophthalmology

ISSN: 1471-2415

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