Table II.

Average area of CNV among the different groups at each time-point (n=10 per group).

	Average area of CNV (mm2)
Group	Day 2	Day 5	Day 7
Alkali burn group	4.596±0.184	14.516±0.112	21.739±0.209
Group 1	2.167±0.181a	12.465±0.132a	17.851±0.199a
Group 2	3.471±0.178ab	10.499±0.202ab	14.471±0.211ab

Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation.

^aP<0.05 vs. the alkali burn control group;

^bP<0.05 vs. group 1. CNV, corneal neovascularization.