Research Article
Histological Patterns of Epithelial Alterations in Keratoconus
Table 1
Descriptive statistics of the sample (epithelial thickness).
| ā | N | Mean | Standard deviation | Confidence interval 95% | Minimum | Maximum | Inferior limit | Superior limit |
| Central epithelial thickness | 1 | 15 | 55.20 | 14.944 | 46.92 | 63.48 | 39 | 92 | 2 | 35 | 27.89 | 8.362 | 25.01 | 30.76 | 10 | 50 | 3 | 40 | 38.78 | 10.895 | 35.29 | 42.26 | 17 | 65 | Total | 90 | 37.28 | 14.272 | 34.29 | 40.27 | 10 | 92 |
| Peripheral epithelial thickness | 1 | 15 | 34.27 | 9.573 | 28.97 | 39.57 | 20 | 50 | 2 | 35 | 50.00 | 7.658 | 47.37 | 52.63 | 34 | 67 | 3 | 40 | 42.13 | 9.635 | 39.04 | 45.21 | 22 | 60 | Total | 90 | 43.88 | 10.449 | 41.69 | 46.07 | 20 | 67 |
|
|