In Vivo Confocal Microscopy of Cornea in Patients with Terrien’s Marginal Corneal Degeneration

Table 1

Comparison of the density of central corneal cells between Terrien’s marginal degeneration patients and the control group (M ± Q).

Group	Case	Density of central corneal cells
		Epithelium	Anterior stroma	Medium stroma	Deep stroma	Endothelium
TMD group	10	5068.0 ± 1185.0	477.5 ± 744.0	250.0 ± 510.0	250.0 ± 529.0	2686.5 ± 314.0
Control group	10	5930.0 ± 924.0	688.0 ± 519.0	521.5 ± 476.0	484.0 ± 465.0	2864.0 ± 422.0
z value	—	−11.436	−4.962	−6.889	−4.072	−1.876
value	—	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.061

; TMD = Terrien’s marginal degeneration.