Table 1 of
Maier, Mol Vis 2007;
13:1198-1202.Table 1 of
Maier, Mol Vis 2007;
13:1198-1202.
Table 1. Clinical data on study groups
Comparison of clinical data on study groups showing that patients with keratoconus (group 2) were younger than patients in study group 1 and 3 whereas patients in group 1 received more topical anesthesia than patients in group 2 and 3. The asterisk indicates a p<0.05 (t-test or χ2 test).
Kind of
Topical/ anesthesia
systemic topical/
Age Female steroid retrobulbar/
Group (years) (%) (n) general (%)
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Group I (n=38) 76.3± 8.8 42 0 92.1/ 5.3/ 2.6*
Group II (n=15) 36.6±13.9* 40 0 0 /46.7/53.3
Group III (n=66) 63.4±16.0 56 3 0 /66.7/33.3
Fuchs dystrophy (n=16) 74.4± 7.8 75 0 0 /93.7/ 2.3
Repeat KP (n=16) 55.7±14.3 50 1 0 /56.3/43.7
Bullous keratopathy (n=11) 71.7±11.7 36 1 0 /63.6/36.4
Herpetic eye disease (n=6) 62.8±14.7 3 0 0 /83.3/16.7
Corneal scars (n=3) 38.3±27.3 50 0 0 /33.3/66.7
Various indications (n=14) 58.7±14.8 71 1 0 /50 /50
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