Research Article

Assessment of Corneal Epithelial Thickness in Asymmetric Keratoconic Eyes and Normal Eyes Using Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography

Table 1

Data obtained for the three groups of eyes.

Normal eyes
VariableMeanSDMedianRange

SN − IT17.3912.9217−24 to 54
Min531.730.17532454 to 592
Min − Med−20.505.06−20−47 to −8
S − I8.51912.709−40 to 48
location −155.9398.43−141−137 to 607
Min − Max−53.4211.81−52−97 to −26
CCT537.630.66538459 to 598
Sup52.033.275237 to 60
Inf_ep53.383.105346 to 62
Min_ep49.523.735033 to 57
Max563.555648 to 69
Min − Max_ep−6.4233.04−6−25 to −2
SD1.5490.751.400.6 to 4.9
CET52.903.095342 to 61

Fellow eyes
VariableMeanSDMedian Range

SN − IT24.5020.0520−1 to 68
Min503.232.71499.5447 to 597
Min − Med−22.369.42−20.5−48 to −13
S − I15.95017.3515−19 to 48
location −558.6591.70−610−1809 to 513
Min − Max−57.5018.80−52.5−103 to −37
CCT513.131.90512.5453 to 605
Sup53.274.255248 to 67
Inf_ep53.144.5052.547 to 70
Min_ep49.094.744937 to 64
Max56.864.5256.552 to 73
Min − Max_ep−7.8183.89−6−20 to −3
SD1.8910.991.500.7 to 4.7
CET524.0753.2349 to 68

Keratoconic eyes
Variable MeanSDMedianRange

SN − IT56.9528.495512 to 114
Min458.045.14451.5380 to 589
Min − Med−54.2723.72−51−101 to −14
S − I44.77035.2541−38 to 115
location −947.5549.53−834−2369 to −206
Min − Max−114.6051.96−99−227 to −44
CCT482.930.62479416 to 536
Sup55.556.365540 to 67
Inf_ep50.825.8649.541 to 64
Min_ep41.186.454233 to 56
Max63.368.456247 to 80
Min − Max_ep−22.09010.80−20−44 to −7
SD5.9183.195.551.7 to 13.8
CET48.595.7147.539 to 61