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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eye Contact Lens. 2014 Nov;40(6):339–344. doi: 10.1097/ICL.0000000000000090

Table 5.

Corneal Hysteresis (CH) and Corneal Resistance Factor (CRF) before and after crosslinking (CXL)

Keratoconus Post Refractive Surgery
Ectasia
Variable pre-CXL post-CXL P value pre-CXL post-CXL P Value
IOPg 9.79±3.21 10.6±3.1 0.07 9.45±3.08 10.9±3.2 0.0003*
IOPcc 13.7±2.7 14.7±2.5 0.03* 13.6±2.7 15.0±3.2 0.005*
CRF 6.61±1.67 6.6±1.8 0.9 6.39±2.73 6.67±1.24 0.1
CH 7.95±1.30 7.62±1.50 0.1 7.80±0.96 7.64±1.13 0.5
aindex 7.19±2.27 8.02±2.11 0.2 8.59±1.84 7.77±1.23 0.1
bindex 7.48±2.59 8.39±2.42 0.1 9.20±1.26 9.44±0.76 0.4
p1area 2380±1570 2470±1420 0.8 2870±1410 3080±1270 0.5
p2area 1840±1210 1790±1180 0.8 2040±850 2000±851 0.8
aspect1 17.9±10.1 20.4±14.7 0.4 21.3±7.5 19.3±11.9 0.5
aspect2 19.8±13.7 20.5±13.5 0.8 24.2±10.4 24.5±14.6 0.9
uslope1 58.6±29.7 65.3±49.6 0.5 76.3±35.4 67.3±40.6 0.3
uslope2 81.8±66.9 91.9±51.9 0.5 107±54 116±58 0.5
dslope1 28.9±18.3 32.0±24.8 0.5 32.8±13.6 29.5±21.1 0.5
dslope2 27.4±17.8 28.2±23.8 0.9 32.6±15.4 32.7±23.8 1
w1 19.7±4.6 19.3±6.1 0.8 19.2±4.2 21.7±5.2 0.09
w2 18.3±8.9 15.6±4.74 0.2 15.3±4.3 15.4±3.8 0.9
h1 334±162 329±159 0.9 390±117 372±133 0.5
h2 295±169 290±141 0.9 341±107 337±115 0.9
dive1 287±157 279±155 0.9 356±126 287±163 0.06
dive2 218±126 219±122 1 259±122 234±107 0.4
path1 33.6±9.3 29.6±10.7 0.1 30.1±8.5 26.0±9.3 0.1
path2 33.5±8.8 34.0±13.2 0.9 31.7±7.5 30.8±8.9 0.7
mslew1 113±55 110±57 0.8 127±51 110±48 0.2
mslew2 132±80 136±67 0.8 159±63 166±70 0.6
slew1 66.7±29.4 67.7±47.9 0.9 79.5±36.9 69.1±40.4 0.3
slew2 88.3±62.5 95.7±47.4 0.6 110±53 116.1±57.4 0.6
aplhf 1.86±0.39 1.88±0.40 0.8 1.53±0.33 1.69±0.37 0.06
p1area1 978±701 1040±650 0.7 1210±730 1280±620 0.7
p2area1 777±564 761±493 0.9 867±413 859±449 0.9
aspect11 31.1±16.9 29.6±19.1 0.8 34.5±15.3 27.9±18.9 0.2
aspect21 31.3±18.6 30.0±19.7 0.8 35.3±14.9 34.9±18.7 0.9
uslope11 65.3±35.7 70.5±46.3 0.7 78.8±35.9 65.2±43.8 0.2
uslope21 75.8±65.4 72.5±40.9 0.8 89.5±53.6 93.5±52.9 0.8
dslope11 59.7±42.0 48.7±42.6 0.3 65.6±35.4 53.7±40.3 0.3
dslope21 46.6±27.9 45.1±30.6 0.8 53.5±23.3 54.5±34.5 0.9
w11 7.71±3.00 8.79±3.16 0.2 8.48±3.06 10.4±2.9 0.02
w21 7.46±4.34 7.29±2.88 0.9 7.00±2.15 7.37±2.53 0.5
h11 223±108 219±106 0.9 260±78 248±89 0.5
h21 197±113 193±94 0.9 228±71 225±77 0.9
path11 43.7±12.8 38.5±11.7 0.1 41.6±12.7 38.7±12.7 0.4
path21 41.5±11.3 42.0±10.7 0.9 42.6±11.8 43.1±12.7 0.9
Concavity Duration 11.5±0.5 11.5±0.5 0.5 11.7±0.6 11.4±0.6 0.001
ApplanationOnsetTime 7.18±0.51 7.23±0.53 0.5 7.12±0.48 7.35±0.49 <0.0001*
HLA 77300±39700 77500±37000 1 85600±26600 90600±24200 0.1
SlopeUp 25.8±9.31 26.6±14.1 0.7 34.3±13.3 32.8±22.0 0.8
SlopeDown −22.7±15.4 −25.9±11.2 0.3 −33.9±23.2 −39.4±54.9 0.6
P1P2Avg 146±23 150±22 0.2 144±22 155±24 <0.0001*
A1 538±237 520±243 0.6 628±167 600±200 0.5
A2 480±256 482±212 1 559±162 557±171 0.9
Concavity Mean 114±53 117±52 0.6 128±35 131±34 0.6
Impulse 4080±460 4170±363 0.2 4100±337 4260±367 <0.0001*
ApplanationPeakDiff −57.4±160.0 −38.2±170.0 0.7 −68.8±128.0 −43.8±163.1 0.5
LagTime 1.21±0.56 0.959±0.646 0.2 1.03±0.57 1.11±0.60 0.4
Concavity Min 53.9±20.4 55.5±21.3 0.7 58.3±13.4 60.2±14.3 0.4
Concavity Time 13.1±0.7 13.0±0.6 0.4 13.0±0.5 13.2±0.7 0.02
Pmax 363±49 373±39 0.1 365±36 383±39 <0.0001*
*

denotes significant P value <0.05

**

denotes significant P value <0.0009 for variables after Bonferonni correction