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

Table 3

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

Group	Case	Density of corneal cells
		Epithelium	Anterior stroma	Medium stroma	Deep stroma	Endothelium
Central cornea	10	5068.0 ± 1185.3	477.5 ± 744.0	250.0 ± 510.0	250.0 ± 529.0	2708.0 ± 319.0
Marginal cornea	10	4679.0 ± 2001.5	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	2655.5 ± 362.3
z value	—	−3.672	−10.991	−7.407	−9.681	−0.289
value	—	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.773

; TMD = Terrien’s marginal degeneration.