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Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2015 Aug 6;122(11):2200–2209. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.06.047

Table 3.

Corneal subbasal nerve parameters in infectious keratitis subgroups.

	Acanthamoeba Keratitis			Fungal Keratitis			Bacteria Keratitis
	Acute Phase	Cessation of Treatment	Recovery Phase	Acute Phase	Cessation of Treatment	Recovery Phase	Acute Phase	Cessation of Treatment	Recovery Phase
Total nerve length, mm/mm²	2.91 ± 0.64^*	9.24 ± 1.97^*^†	12.70 ± 2.77^*^†	4.65 ± 0.95^*	6.37 ± 2.00^*	14.85 ± 3.12^†	7.71 ± 1.24^*	9.18 ± 1.81^*	9.39 ± 3.28^*
Main nerve trunk length, mm/mm²	0.37 ± 0.24^*	5.09 ± 1.51^*^†	5.38 ± 1.50^*^†	2.07 ± 0.67^*	1.62 ± 1.06^*	8.38 ± 1.43^†	4.16 ± 0.70^*	4.02 ± 0.82^*	4.16 ± 1.91^*
Nerve branch length, mm/mm²	2.54 ± 0.42^*	4.15 ± 0.63^*	7.32 ± 1.36^†	2.58 ± 0.35^*	4.75 ± 0.99^*	6.47 ± 1.04^†	3.55 ± 0.40^*	5.16 ± 0.49^*	5.23 ± 1.48^*
Total nerve number, n/frame	2.36 ± 0.40^*	5.91 ± 0.87^*^†	8.12 ± 1.77^*^†	3.27 ± 0.53^*	4.38 ± 1.16^*	9.82 ± 2.26^†	4.66 ± 0.65^*	5.85 ± 1.02^*	5.99 ± 2.16^*
Main nerve trunk number, n/frame	0.15 ± 0.10^*	1.97 ± 0.60^*^†	1.96 ± 0.56^*^†	0.85 ± 0.29^*	0.58 ± 0.38^*	3.08 ± 0.47^†	1.52 ± 0.29^*	1.58 ± 0.33^*	1.56 ± 0.70^*
Nerve branch number, n/frame	2.21 ± 0.32^*	3.94 ± 0.36^*^†	6.16 ± 1.24^†	2.42 ± 0.31^*	3.80 ± 0.79^*	6.74 ± 0.78^†	3.14 ± 0.35^*	4.27 ± 0.56^*	4.43 ± 1.20^*

Values are reported as mean ± standard error of the mean.

Statistical significance (p<0.05) compared to controls.

^†

Statistical significance (p<0.05) compared to acute phase.