Table 1.

Summary of Corneal Thickness Values

Animal age	STZ-treated group (μm)	Vehicle-only control (μm)	P value
12 weeks
Total corneal thickness	98.3 ± 14.1	105.9 ± 13.6	0.291
Epithelial thickness	36.8 ± 5.1	37.4 ± 6.5	0.834
Stromal thickness	61.5 ± 9.4	68.5 ± 9.1	0.156
18 weeks
Total corneal thickness	97.6 ± 8.5	108.7 ± 4.8	0.011∗
Epithelial thickness	34.0 ± 3.0	38.6 ± 3.8	0.026∗
Stromal thickness	63.6 ± 7.2	70.1 ± 5.5	0.085

Corneal thickness values are means ± SD.

^∗P < 0.05.