Corneal confocal microscopic characteristics of acute angle-closure crisis

BMC Ophthalmology

Table 2 Analysis of corneal nerve plexus by confocal microscopy

	AACC eye (n = 37^c)	Fellow eye (n = 41)	Healthy control (n = 40)	P^#
CNFD	7.0 ± 2.1^ab	15.0 ± 3.4	18.7 ± 6.0	< 0.001
CNBD	10.6 ± 4.7^ab	25.0 ± 8.8	32.2 ± 17.3	< 0.001
CNFL	9.4 ± 3.1^b	11.2 ± 2.0	13.0 ± 2.9	0.005
CTBD	32.5 ± 14.4	40.0 ± 15.0	43.7 ± 28.3	0.367
CNFA	0.0060 ± 0.0024	0.0057 ± 0.0014	0.0059 ± 0.0019	0.941
CNFW	0.0235 ± 0.0015	0.0235 ± 0.0013	0.0218 ± 0.0022	0.030

CNFD Corneal nerve fiber density (the number of fibers/mm²), CNBD Corneal nerve branch density (the number of branch points on the main fibers/mm²), CNFL Corneal nerve fiber length (the total length of fiber mm/mm²), CTBD Corneal nerve fiber total branch density (the total number of branch points/mm²), CNFA Corneal nerve fiber area (the total nerve fiber area mm²/mm²), CNFW Corneal nerve fiber width (average nerve fiber width mm/mm²)
^aComparison between AACC and Fellow eye, ^b Comparison between AACC and Healthy control, P < 0.05
^cThe data of 37 eyes were analyzed by confocal microscopy
^#Comparison among AACC, fellow eye and healthy control

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