Research Article

Characterization of Soft Contact Lens Edge Fitting during Daily Wear Using Ultrahigh-Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography

Table 2

Conjunctival response and peripheral PoLTF for two lenses during lens daily wear.

LensEdge conjunctival coverage ranking (%)Peripheral postlens tear film at the limbusPeripheral postlens tear film on the cornea
(%)Wald (%)Wald

A68.12 ± 25.1523.18<0.0017 (8.75%)786.47<0.00114 (17.5%)9.350.025
B81.88 ± 17.788.750.00126 (32.50%)2.870.41329 (36.25%)6.490.09
A + B75.00 ± 22.78<0.001a33 (20.63%)10.58a0.014a43 (26.88%)13.08a0.004a
Between A and B(, )b(, )b(, )b
(, )#(, )#(, )#

Lens A: galyfilcon A; lens B: balafilcon A; statistic and value of the main effect (lens and time); # statistic and value of interaction; adifferences over time; bdifferences between lenses.