Evaluation of Wide Corneal Epithelial Remodeling after Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) with Wide-Field Optical Coherence Tomography

Table 4

Correlation between epithelial thickening and factors at six months postoperatively.

Parameter		Central zone	Paracentral zone	Mid-peripheral zone	Peripheral zone
SE of correction (D)	P	0.001	<0.001	0.163	0.006
	r	0.398	0.472	0.177	−0.340
OZ (mm)	P	0.020	0.006	0.001	0.189
	r	−0.289	−0.339	0.415	0.166

SE: spherical equivalent; OZ: optical zone.