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. 2023 Nov 22;17:3569–3577. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S439739

Table 3.

Threshold Effect Analysis on Risk of Keratoconus

Variables in Model OR (95% CI) P-value
Discrepancy CCT vs TCT (μm)
< 5 0.72 (0.51, 1.00) 0.051
≥ 5 2.53 (1.67, 3.85) <0.001
Discrepancy ACT vs TCT (μm)
< 3 0.59 (0.35, 1.01) 0.056
≥ 3 1.41 (1.15, 1.73) 0.001
Distance CCT vs TCT# (mm)
< 0.65 0.55 (0.37, 0.83) 0.004
≥ 0.65 1.66 (1.20, 2.30) 0.002

Note: #Every 0.1 unit increase.

Abbreviations: Discrepancy CCT vs TCT, absolute value of discrepancy between central corneal thickness and thinnest corneal thickness; Discrepancy ACT vs TCT, absolute value of discrepancy between apex corneal thickness and thinnest corneal thickness; Distance CCT vs TCT, absolute value of vector distance between central corneal thickness and thinnest corneal thickness.