Research Article

An In Vivo Confocal Microscopic Study of Corneal Nerve Morphology in Unilateral Keratoconus

Table 1

The mean of subbasal nerve plexus parameters with the standard deviation. Group 1 is control eye, Group 2 is unaffected eye of unilateral keratoconus, and Group 3 is keratoconic eye of unilateral keratoconus.

Group 1
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Group 2
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Group 3
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Group 1 versus Group 2Group 1 versus Group 3Group 2 versus Group 3

CNFD30.51 ± 5.828.48 ± 23.8223.82 ± 8.020.26<0.0010.01
CNBD43.45 ± 15.2934.7 ± 16.137.61 ± 19.820.050.20.51
CNFL17.59 ± 3.1616.6 ± 2.4214.82 ± 3.610.20.0010.02
CTBD59.73 ± 20.7549.05 ± 25.354.66 ± 27.150.090.410.36
CNFA0.01 ± 0.0020.006 ± 0.0010.006 ± 0.0020.130.060.68
CNFW0.02 ± 0.0010.021 ± 0.0020.02 ± 0.0020.290.130.63