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. 2002 Sep 1;543(Pt 2):633–642. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.021527

Table 1.

Hydration (H) of corneal stromas studied at different concentrations of NaCl (n = 6 for each concentration) and corresponding concentration of polyethylene glycol (PEG), which was necessary to achieve a hydration close to the physiological value of 3.2

[NaCl] (mM)

10 30 50 100 154 300 600 1000
H 3.20 3.19 3.20 3.20 3.19 3.20 3.20 3.23
s.e.m. 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.06 0.03 0.02 0.07
[PEG] (%) 3.96 3.52 3.68 3.28 4.45 4.08 2.71 2.20
s.e.m. 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.08 0.14 0.15 0.09 0.12