Clinical Outcomes of Accelerated Corneal Cross-Linking for Pediatric Keratoconus

Table 2

Topographic and pachymetric outcomes after accelerated cross-linking in pediatric keratoconus.

	Preoperative					Postoperative					Mean change		value
	Mean	Std. dev	Median	[95% CI]		Mean	Std. dev	Median	[95% CI]		Mean	Std. dev
K1 (D)	44.92	2.20	44.46	43.43	45.49	44.74	2.46	44.29	43.15	45.43	0.19	0.77	0.1598
K2 (D)	48.71	2.05	48.84	47.90	49.78	48.77	2.78	49.1	47.82	50.38	−0.05	1.41	0.8542
K mean (D)	46.80	2.04	46.14	45.16	47.12	46.66	2.33	46.57	45.51	47.63	0.14	1.12	0.642
K apex (D)	56.97	5.24	55.62	53.15	58.09	55.84	5.37	53.2	50.44	55.96	1.13	2.00	0.0036
Sim cyl (D)	−3.72	1.77	−3.55	−4.36	−2.74	−4.04	2.30	−3.52	−4.59	−2.45	0.32	1.03	0.1385
ThkMin (μm)	438	49	433	411	456	431	47	428	407	450	7	22	0.0836

K: keratometry; K1: flat keratometry; K2: steep keratometry; K mean: mean keratometry; K apex: apex keratometry; Sim cyl: simulated cylinder; D: diopter; ThkMin: minimum corneal thickness; μm: micron; [95% CI]: 95% confidence interval. Statistically significant increased values . The value in bold is statistically significant.