Corneal Thickness Response after Anesthetic Eye Drops: Our Own Results and Meta-Analysis

Table 4

Comparison between the subjects who showed CCT increases and decreases >10 µm 5 minutes after anesthesia instillation.

	Increases > 10 µm	Decreases > 10 µm	value
	11 (36.7%)	5 (16.7%)	---
Age (years)			0.841
MSE (diopters)			0.126
Tonometry (mmHg)			0.353
CCT basal (µm)			0.409
CCT 5 minutes (µm)			0.020
value	<0.001	0.009	---

Mann–Whitney; Statistically significant; CCT: central corneal thickness; MSE: manifest spherical equivalent.