Effect of Myopic Femtosecond Laser-Assisted LASIK on Anterior Chamber Inflammation (Flare Values) and Corneal Endothelium: A Prospective before and after Study
Table 4
Correlations for flare elevation on the postoperative 1st day and endothelial cell loss (linear regression analysis).
Parameters
Correlations between flare elevation and variables
Correlations between endothelial loss and variables
Pearson’
Pearson’
Preoperative UCVA
0.216
0.126
0.010
0.479
Preoperative CDVA
−0.018
0.463
0.158
0.203
Preoperative spherical R. Err
−0.139
0.145
0.128
0.249
Preoperative cylindrical R. Err
0.114
0.275
0.209
0.134
Preoperative spherical. equivalent
−0.221
0.120
0.178
0.173
Preoperative CCT
0.050
0.396
0.140
0.231
Ablation dept
0.227
0.114
0.133
0.242
Age
0.083
0.331
−0.127
0.252
Preoperative hexagonality
−0.181
0.169
0.151
0.212
Preoperative coefficient of variation
0.120
0.264
−0.037
0.422
Preoperative flare value
−0.226
0.116
0.239
0.101
Preoperative endothelial count
0.044
0.409
0.356
0.027
CCT, central corneal thickness; UDVA, uncorrected distance visual acuity; CDVA, corrected distance visual acuity; R. Err, refractive error. The bold represents p <0.05.
