Table 1.
Stromal Depth (%stromal thickness | Keratocyte Density (cells/mm3)
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Number of Keratocytes*
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Fuchs’ (11 eyes) | Normal (3 eyes) | P‡ | Fuchs’ (11 eyes) | Normal (5 eyes) | P‡ | |
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Full-thickness stroma | 23,872 ± 3,340 | 33,376 ± 2,430 | <0.001 | 12,215 ± 1,394 | 15,628 ± 710 | <0.001 |
By stromal layer: | ||||||
0–10% (anterior) | 13,295 ± 5,359 | 42,747 ± 13,555 | <0.001 | 682 ± 274 | 1,858 ± 404 | <0.001 |
11–33% | 22,121 ± 3,546 | 31,345 ± 3,050 | <0.001 | 2,608 ± 402 | 3,297 ± 357 | 0.03 |
34–66% | 25,886 ± 4,707 | 31,026 ± 2,006 | 0.99 | 4,361 ± 612 | 5,082 ± 431 | 0.17 |
67–90% | 25,611 ± 4,542 | 32,906 ± 1,155 | <0.001 | 3,143 ± 479 | 3,636 ± 420 | 0.34 |
91–100% (posterior) | 27,655 ± 5,608 | 37,562 ± 2,735 | <0.001 | 1,421 ± 300 | 1,752 ± 163 | 0.19 |
Mean ± standard deviation.
Absolute number of cells in a section of stroma with frontal area of 1 mm2