Research Article

Repeatability of Ocular Measurements with a Dual-Scheimpflug Analyzer in Healthy Eyes

Table 3

Mean instantaneous corneal parameters and standard deviations, ANOVA test, repeatability, intraclass coefficients, and coefficients of variation in healthy eyes.

Instantaneous
Parameters
Mean1  ±  SDMean2  ±  SDMean3  ±  SD   
ANOVA
Mean  ±  Sw ICC
(lower 95% CI)
COV
(%)

AI SimK Steepest (D)44.12 ± 1.4444.16 ± 1.8144.03 ± 1.480.42644.10 ± 1.534.240.96 (0.95)3.47
AI SimK flattest (D)43.27 ± 1.4843.23 ± 1.4943.17 ± 1.420.09743.22 ± 1.454.020.99 (0.98)3.36
AI SimK average (D)43.69 ± 1.4343.69 ± 1.6243.60 ± 1.420.27743.66 ± 1.473.860.98 (0.97)3.36
AI curvature average in (D)43.73 ± 1.3843.73 ± 1.4443.67 ± 1.410.33743.71 ± 1.393.460.99 (0.98)3.19
AI curvature average mid (D)41.70 ± 1.2141.70 ± 1.2941.81 ± 1.530.56541.74 ± 1.257.060.92 (0.87)2.99
AI curvature average out (D)38.17 ± 2.4338.14 ± 2.1838.45 ± 3.020.45838.50 ± 2.557.070.55 (0.29)6.62
AI curvature 0.23 ± 0.160.24 ± 0.160.25 ± 0.170.5710.24 ± 0.160.450.81 (0.70)66.67
PI curvature average in (D)−6.34 ± 0.28−6.33 ± 0.25−6.33 ± 0.260.690−6.33 ± 0.260.720.98 (0.97)4.10
PI curvature average mid (D)−5.95 ± 0.37−5.32 ± 0.30−5.91 ± 0.290.571−5.92 ± 0.330.920.71 (0.53)5.58
PI curvature average out (D)−5.18 ± 0.35−5.22 ± 0.47−5.14 ± 0.550.627−5.19 ± 0.461.280.66 (045)8.86
PI curvature 0.19 ± 0.230.18 ± 0.230.22 ± 0.250.6380.18 ± 0.230.640.88 (0.81)127.78

AI: anterior instantaneous; PI: posterior instantaneous; SD: standard deviation; Sw: within-subject SD; : ANOVA-test (values of were considered to be indicative of significant differences); : repeatability limits; ICC: intraclass coefficient; COV: coefficient of variation.