Table 2 of Tang, Mol Vis 2019; 25:574-582.

Table 2. Keratocytes density at different depth of stroma 7 days after CXL (cell/mm2).

Duration 0.20% G-CXL 0.25% G-CXL UVA-CXL control P
Subepithelial stroma at 50 μm depth
pre CXL 452.6±15.8 464.1±5.8 461.2±23.5 456.1±41.8 0.95
post CXL 245.9±76.1†‡ 171.7±41.9†‡ 78.7±54.7† 308.7±39.2 <0.001
P <0.001 0.001 <0.001 <0.001  
Anterior stroma at 100 μm depth
pre CXL 364.8±11.6 359.5±12.0 367.9±14.2 359.2±22.1 0.831
post CXL 255.5±34.3†‡ 244.2±16.3†‡ 89.6±30.9† 359.8±17.9 <0.001
P 0.001 0.001 <0.001 0.966  
Mid-stroma ant 200 μm depth
pre CXL 308.5±10.3 298.6±3.6 299.3±9.1 312.9±9.2 0.087
post CXL 293.5±17.3‡ 295.5±3.8‡ 197.5±52.5† 317.2±7.0 <0.001
P 0.187 0.523 0.003 0.438  
Posterior stroma at 300 μm depth
pre CXL 261.5±12.5 263.2±19.2 264.1±15.1 258.2±14.2 0.934
post CXL 272.1±16.3 268.4±20.7 246.6±17.7 259.4±19.7 0.242
P 0.322 0.762 0.154 0.917  

† p<0.05 compared to the control group, ‡ p<0.05 compared to the UVA-CXL group. N=5 in each group.

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