Table 3.
Correlation between corneal dendritic cell density and corneal subbasal nerve plexus features in EDE patients.
| Dendritic cells | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subbasal nerve plexus | DCs with dendrites | DCs without dendrites | Total DCs | |||
| r | P value | r | P value | r | P value | |
| CNFL (length in mm/mm2) | 0.004 | 0.9705 | 0.036 | 0.7147 | 0.028 | 0.7752 |
| CNFD (major nerves/mm2) | −0.223 | 0.0229 | −0.177 | 0.0723 | −0.213 | 0.03 |
| CNFW (average nerve fiber width/mm2) | 0.277 | 0.0044 | 0.169 | 0.0855 | 0.228 | 0.0201 |
| CTBD (branch points/mm2) | 0.213 | 0.0299 | 0.219 | 0.0254 | 0.244 | 0.0124 |
| CNBD (number of branches/mm2) | 0.066 | 0.505 | 0.109 | 0.272 | 0.108 | 0.2737 |
| CNFA (total nerve fiber area/mm2) | 0.419 | <0.0001 | 0.427 | <0.0001 | 0.463 | <0.0001 |
OSDI: ocular surface disease index; DCs: dendritic cells; CNFL: corneal nerve fiber length; CNFD: corneal nerve fiber density; CNFW: corneal nerve fiber width; CTBD: corneal total branch density; CNBD: corneal nerve branch density; CNFA: corneal nerve fiber area; r: Spearman correlation coefficient.