Table 6.

Epithelial map parameters in mixed VKC and Control groups

	Mixed type (n = 37)	Control group (n = 71)	p value
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
CET	53.38 ± 3.78	53.55 ± 1.39	0.792
SUP	50.70 ± 4.59	52.54 ± 2.01	0.025*
INF	53.24 ± 4.09	53.30 ± 1.86	0.941
MIN	43.78 ± 7.83	50.11 ± 1.91	< 0.001*
MAX	59.57 ± 7.00	55.92 ± 2.32	0.004*
MIN−MAX	− 15.78 ± 11.06	− 5.80 ± 1.88	< 0.001*
SUP−INF	− 2.54 ± 3.32	− 0.76 ± 1.20	0.003*
Epithelial thickness at the area of minimal corneal thickness	53.00 ± 4.43	53.08 ± 1.93	0.912

CET central epithelial thickness, SUP superior, INF inferior, MIN minimum, MAX maximum, MIN−MAX, minimum minus maximum, SUP−INF, superior minus inferior

*Significant