Table 4.
Factors associated with Δcorneal parameters with Stepwise multivariate regression model
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| ΔA1-time (m/s) | -0.001 | 0.990 | 0.111 | 0.169 | 0.027 | 0.391 | 0.032 | 0.637 | 0.057 | 0.03 |
| ΔA1-length (mm) | 0.050 | 0.098 | -0.028 | 0.343 | 0.016 | 0.165 | 0.023 | 0.365 | 0.007 | 0.355 |
| ΔA1-velocity (m/s) | 0.006 | 0.288 | -0.001 | 0.846 | -0.002 | 0.299 | -0.001 | 0.835 | 0.000 | 0.789 |
| ΔA2-time (m/s) | -0.085 | 0.580 | 0.126 | 0.406 | 0.003 | 0.953 | 0.102 | 0.426 | -0.074 | 0.033 |
| ΔA2-length (mm) | -0.126 | 0.133 | 0.104 | 0.212 | -0.018 | 0.575 | -0.064 | 0.356 | 0.003 | 0.886 |
| ΔA2-velocity (m/s) | 0.057 | 0.016 | -0.038 | 0.164 | 0.018 | 0.093 | 0.013 | 0.569 | 0.025 | 0.000 |
| ΔHC-time (m/s) | -0.008 | 0.952 | -0.222 | 0.038 | -0.040 | 0.420 | -0.153 | 0.145 | -0.030 | 0.350 |
| ΔPD (mm) | 0.292 | 0.078 | -0.208 | 0.201 | -0.003 | 0.958 | -0.064 | 0.638 | -0.020 | 0.636 |
| ΔHC-radius (mm) | 0.064 | 0.782 | 0.014 | 0.544 | 0.118 | 0.200 | 0.276 | 0.159 | 0.037 | 0.534 |
| ΔDA (mm) | 0.017 | 0.635 | 0.021 | 0.555 | 0.004 | 0.788 | 0.019 | 0.525 | -0.016 | 0.044 |
A stepwise multivariable linear regression analysis was employed to examine the associations between Δcorneal biomechanical properties and Δocular characteristics, setting a significance threshold of P < 0.05 for all tests.