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

Table 2

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

Group	Case	Density of marginal corneal cells
		Epithelium	Anterior stroma	Medium stroma	Deep stroma	Endothelium
TMD group	10	4679.0 ± 2662.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	2765.0 ± 435.0
Control group	10	6139.0 ± 1082.0	412.0 ± 693.0	229.0 ± 606.0	216.0 ± 509.0	2814.0 ± 366.0
z value	—	−13.740	−9.948	−6.632	−7.569	−1.568
value	—	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.117

; TMD = Terrien’s marginal degeneration.