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Table 3 Correlations between IOP, as obtained from tested tonometers, and age, spherical equivalent (SE), corneal curvature (MK) and central corneal thickness (CCT)

From: Analysis of differences in intraocular pressure evaluation performed with contact and non-contact devices

Correlations
		AGE	SE	MK	CCT
DCT	Spearman’s rho	−0.117	0.025	−0.067	0.470
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.159	0.762	0.422	0.0001
	N	146	146	146	146
GAT	Spearman’s rho	−0.143	0.102	− 0.043	0.625
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.085	0.221	0.608	0.0001
	N	146	146	146	146
ORA	Spearman’s rho	−0.089	−0.029	− 0.096	0.413
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.283	0.732	0.251	0.0001
	N	146	146	146	146
RT	Spearman’s rho	−0.114	0.072	−0.098	0.519
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.172	0.389	0.240	0.0001
	N	146	146	146	146
CST	Spearman’s rho	−0.104	0.040	−0.201	0.522
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.210	0.633	0.015	0.0001
	N	146	146	146	146

Legend: Corvis ST (CST), Ocular Response Analyzer (ORA), rebound tonometry (RT), dynamic contour tonometer (DCT) and Goldmann applanation tonometer (GAT). Highlighted values are the correlations resulted to be significant

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