Clinical Study
Primary Outcomes of Accelerated Epithelium-Off Corneal Cross-Linking in Progressive Keratoconus in Children: A 1-Year Prospective Study
Table 1
Scheimpflug densitometry measurements in stromal layers and concentric zones over time.
| | Anterior stroma | Central stroma | Posterior stroma | 0–2 mm zone | 2–6 mm zone | 6–10 mm zone |
| Baseline | 22.303 ± 1.772 | 14.503 ± 1.22 | 12.55 ± 0.77 | 17.33 ± 0.85 | 15.76 ± 0.733 | 14.72 ± 1.43 | 1 month | 28.41 ± 2.55 | 17.02 ± 1.14 | 13.24 ± 0.68 | 22.38 ± 3.52 | 21.52 ± 0.22 | 16.46 ± 0.43 | 3 months | 30.92 ± 2.86 | 16.07 ± 0.62 | 12.52 ± 0.36 | 24.26 ± 0.63 | 20.60 ± 0.50 | 15.07 ± 0.68 | 8 months | 26.78 ± 2.30 | 19.50 ± 0.49 | 16.15 ± 1.18 | 25.26 ± 1.09 | 19.51 ± 0.92 | 17.92 ± 2.3 | 12 months | 22.30 ± 1.77 | 14.50 ± 1.22 | 12.55 ± 0.77 | 17.33 ± 0.85 | 15.77 ± 0.72 | 14.72 ± 1.43 |
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value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant.
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