. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2015 Jun 6;122(8):1645–1652. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.05.005

Table 1.

Patient characteristics

	Control		FECD
		Mild	Moderate	Advanced

FECD grade	0	1-2	3-4	5-6
Eyes (subjects)	71 (38)	32 (18)	41 (26)	35 (25)
Median age (years, range)	59 (40-80)	74 (55-87)^**	63 (44-83)	67 (42-89)^*
Females (%)	25 (66)	13 (76)	16 (70)	12 (55)
Phakic eyes (%)	64 (90)	22 (69)^*	30 (73)^*	30 (86)
CCT, Scheimpflug [μm]	544 ± 26	555 ± 29⁺	571 ± 35^***	590 ± 43^***

FECD = Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy; CCT = Central corneal thickness. Data are unadjusted mean ± standard deviation unless otherwise indicated.

p < 0.05

^**

p < 0.01

^***

p < 0.001 versus controls (GEE models).

⁺

Minimum detectable difference of CCT in mild FECD versus controls is 20 μm.