Research Article
Ocular Surface Epithelial Thickness Evaluation in Dry Eye Patients: Clinical Correlations
Table 2
Comparison of ocular surface epithelium thickness (
m) between DED and control groups.
| | Parameters | DED group | Control group | value |
| | Number of patients | 54 | 32 | | | CET | 50.23 4.42 | 49.76 3.15 | 0.103 | | LET | 81.37 6.21 | 87.14 9.98 | 0.009 | | LET (N) | 80.60 9.27 | 89.95 15.23 | <0.001 | | LET (T) | 80.73 8.91 | 87.65 11.19 | 0.008 | | LET (S) | 82.10 8.48 | 84.64 6.75 | 0.152 | | LET (I) | 80.12 7.84 | 86.74 14.45 | 0.011 | | BET | 50.44 5.25 | 44.62 5.04 | <0.001 | | BET (N) | 50.99 5.26 | 43.45 4.99 | 0.003 | | BET (T) | 50.37 6.14 | 42.57 5.00 | <0.001 | | BET (S) | 50.10 5.13 | 43.99 5.54 | 0.005 | | BET (I) | 51.35 5.27 | 46.48 8.83 | 0.014 |
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CET: corneal epithelium thickness; LET: limbal epithelium thickness; BET: bulbar conjunctival epithelium thickness; N: nasal; T: temporal; S: superior; I: inferior.
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