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. 2012 Oct 11;53(11):7087–7096. doi: 10.1167/iovs.12-10295

Table 2.  .

Rate of Fluid Flow in the Anterior, Equatorial, and Posterior Capillaries over 2 Hours under Open- and Short-circuit Conditions


Lens No.

Anterior First Hour

Anterior Second Hour

Equatorial First Hour

Equatorial Second Hour

Posterior First Hour

Posterior Second Hour
Open Circuit
 1 −0.046 −0.046 0.100 0.058 −0.083 −0.046
 2 −0.029 −0.017 0.088 0.050 −0.083 −0.046
 3 −0.033 −0.017 0.038 0.033 −0.042 −0.021
 4 −0.029 −0.013 0.104 0.033 −0.171 −0.092
 5 −0.038 −0.017 0.063 0.042 −0.058 −0.033
 6 −0.038 −0.017 0.071 0.063 −0.083 −0.058
 7 −0.033 −0.013 0.054 0.025 −0.046 −0.029
 8 −0.038 −0.021 0.021 0.017 −0.017 −0.008
 9 −0.021 −0.008 0.050 0.017 −0.033 −0.013
Mean: −0.034 −0.019* 0.065 0.038* −0.068 −0.038*
SEM: ±0.002 ±0.004 ±0.009 ±0.006 ±0.015 ±0.009
Short Circuit
 10 −0.075 −0.046 0.092 0.054 −0.058 −0.033
 11 −0.046 −0.033 0.100 0.067 −0.104 −0.042
 12 −0.013 −0.013 0.100 0.050 −0.108 −0.042
 13 −0.046 −0.029 0.038 0.050 −0.029 −0.013
 14 −0.033 −0.042 0.079 0.050 −0.054 −0.017
 15 −0.029 −0.029 0.083 0.042 −0.046 −0.021
Mean: −0.040 −0.032 0.082 0.052* −0.067 −0.028*
SEM: ±0.009 ±0.005 ±0.009 ±0.003 ±0.013 ±0.005

Values are μL/min.

*

Significantly smaller than flow rate during the first hour as two-tailed, paired data, P < 0.05.