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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Ophthalmol. 2011 Sep;129(9):1132–1138. doi: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.225

Table 3.

Central corneal thickness comparisons by race/ethnicity and gender

Comparison Estimated Difference in
micrometers
(95% Confidence Interval)
P-Value*
Female - Male −5.1 (−8.5, −1.7) P = 0.003
White - Hispanic 3.4 (−2.2, 9.0) P = 0.39
White – African American 23.2 (17.5, 29.0) P < 0.001
White – East Asian 9.7 (0.6, 18.8) P=0.030
Hispanic – African American 19.8 (13.7, 25.9) P < 0.001
Hispanic – East Asian 6.3 (−3.0, 15.6) P=0.30
African American – East Asian −13.5 (−22.9, −4.1) P=0.001
*

P-values for racial group comparisons include the Tukey-Kramer adjustment for multiple comparisons.