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Table 1 Comparison of Scheimplug parameters between the keratoconus, forme fruste, and control group

From: Objective and subjective diagnostic parameters in the fellow eye of unilateral keratoconus

Parametrer

KCN

FFKC (fellow eye)

Control

KCN vs Cont

FFKC vs Cont

KCN vs FFKC

Ks

46.75 ± 2.2

42.37 ± 1.2

42.3 ± 1.3

<0.001

0.3

<0.001

Kf

43.17 ± 2.02

41.94 ± 1.3

41.9 ± .8

<0.001

0.5

0.002

Km

44.68 ± 1.7

43.01 ± 1.15

42.05 ± 1.17

<0.001

0.04

<0.001

CCT

494 ± 37.2

519 ± 31

520 ± 28.24

<0.001

0.04

0.002

CT min

464.17 ± 10

514.57 ± 5.8

516 ± 4.4

<0.001

0.1

<0.001

CCT-CT min

32.7 ± 4.3

5.6 ± 3.34

4.7 ± 2.14

<0.001

0.869

<0.001

PE

25.6 ± 16.4

6.3 ± 3.2

5.6 ± 1.5

<0.001

0.02

<0.001

BDE

22.9 ± 11.7

6.39 ± 2.4

3.35 ± 1.6

<0.001

0.04

<0.001

PPI avg

1.8 ± 0.56

1.07 ± 0.09

0.11 ± .018

<0.001

0.3

<0.001

PPI min

1.24 ± 0.39

0.65 ± 0.0.18

0.7 ± 0.13

<0.001

0.1

<0.001

PPI max

25.64 ± 16.4

1.42 ± 0.2

6.3 ± 3.2

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

ART avg

280 ± 102.2

480 ± 42.4

478.8 ± 49.5

<0.001

0.6

<0.001

ARTmin

481.4 ± 264

832.01 ± 199.4

927 ± 225.5

<0.001

0.009

<0.001

ART max

187.43 ± 72.1

355 ± 51

392 ± 47

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

D index

6.7 ± 2.5

1.4 ± 0.5

1.29 ± 0.6

<0.001

0.02

<0.001

  1. ART Ambrosio relational thickness, avg. average; BDE back difference elevation, CCT central corneal thickness, cont controls CTmin minimum corneal thickness, D index multimetric D FFKC forme fruste keratoconus, KCN keratoconus Kf flat keratometry, Km mean keratometry, Ks steep keratometry, max maximum, min minimum, PE posterior elevation, PPI pachymetric progression index