The Superficial Stromal Scar Formation Mechanism in Keratoconus: A Study Using Laser Scanning In Vivo Confocal Microscopy

Table 2

Demographic and clinical data.

	Control	Mild-to-moderate	Advanced	value
Number of eyes	20	35	35
Gender (male/female)	10/10	20/15	19/16	>0.05
Age, years				0.129
CCT, m				0.001
Cornea front
K1, D				0.001
K2, D				0.001
Km, D				0.001
Cornea back
K1, D				0.001
K2, D				0.001
Km, D				0.001
KPD				0.001

CCT: central corneal thickness; D: diopter; K: keratometry; KPD: keratometric power deviation.
test; one-way ANOVA test; Kruskal-Wallis test.