Table 3 of Tang, Mol Vis 2019; 25:574-582.

Table 3. Keratocytes density at different depth of stroma 14 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 450.0±35.8 457.7±33.4 459.2±38.0 452.9±30.2 0.977
post CXL 286.2±25.3‡ 193.8±62.5‡ 77.3±77.7† 279.7±50.9 0.001
P <0.001 0.003 <0.001 <0.001  
Anterior stroma at 100 μm depth
pre CXL 361.3±10.5 355.3±10.1 363.1±23.2 358.7±17.4 0.95
post CXL 356.6±17.1‡ 338.9±28.5‡ 112.5±83.5† 353.9±14.4 <0.001
P 0.716 0.4 0.001 0.644  
Mid-stroma ant 200 μm depth
pre CXL 318.5±14.7 307.9±8.1 312.1±25.2 308.8±14.8 0.785
post CXL 302.3±17.2‡ 306.0±40.1‡ 228.8±31.2† 3104.2±11.2 0.002
P 0.171 0.938 0.006 0.592  
Posterior stroma at 300 μm depth
pre CXL 265.0±23.6 265.2±14.2 267.0±22.5 257.3±20.0 0.901
post CXL 270.2±6.2 268.6±12.6 262.1±32.0 259.5±19.4 0.854
P 0.695 0.772 0.812 0.86  

† 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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