Table 1 of Akhtar, Mol Vis 2013; 19:1526-1537.


Table 1. Mean diameter, inter-fibrillar spacing and density of collagen fibrils of normal, keratoconus and CXL cornea.

Sample Number of cornea Number of collagen fibrils Mean
Diameter Median
Diameter Inter-fibrillar spacing
Normal Cornea 3 648 23.8±4.5 23.74 38.0±7.8
Keratoconus Cornea 3 496 21.3±2.5 20.99 31.3±3.4
XL Cornea 3 523 22.4±3.1 22.57 38.9±6.4