Effect of Glyceraldehyde Cross-Linking on a Rabbit Bullous Keratopathy Model

Table 3

Central corneal thickness (CCT) of each group at different time points pre- and postoperatively.

Groups	CCT			values	values of post hoc comparison
	Pre	7 d	15 d	Among three time points	Pre versus 7 d	7 d versus 15 d	Pre versus 15 d
A	372.67 ± 18.50	370.00 ± 18.03	375.00 ± 16.70	0.9428	NS	NS	NS
B	357.67 ± 11.06	932.00 ± 78.08	854.00 ± 105.31	0.0002	0.0002	NS	0.0005
C	364.00 ± 23.52	941.33 ± 65.73	618.50 ± 47.38	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.0008	0.0115
D	352.67 ± 6.03	959.33 ± 76.57	586.67 ± 87.27	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.0012	0.0125
E	356.67 ± 28.11	985.33 ± 73.33	493.00 ± 42.58^§	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.0407

Pre, before descemetorhexis surgery; 7 d, 7 days after descemetorhexis surgery; 15 d, 15 days after descemetorhexis surgery; NS, no significance. Statistically significant difference compared with the value in Group A at the same time point; ^§statistically significant difference compared with the value in Group B at the same time point.