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. 2016 Feb 18;9(2):321–322. doi: 10.18240/ijo.2016.02.28

Table 1. Corneal thickness and corneal endothelial density following CXL.

Post-CXL time	Thin cornea group		Normal cornea group
Post-CXL time	CT (µm)	ECD (/mm²)	CT (µm)	ECD (/mm²)
Baseline	345±21	3161±280	512±46	2817±236
Week-1	448±46^a	2566±547^a	585±58^a	2893±332^b
Week-2	415±41^a	2656±411^a	527±54^b	2873±263^b
Week-3	340±37^b	3002±324^b	515±56^b	2905±247^b
Month-1	335±27^b	3166±279^b	537±57^b	2775±260^b
Month-3	333±35^b	2968±275^b	496±47^b	2760±227^b
Month-6	327±27^b	3035±311^b	504±44^b	2642±255^b
Year-1	331±28^b	3066±274^b	506±42^b	2704±238^b

^aP<0.05 versus baseline; ^bP>0.05 versus baseline. CXL: UVA/riboflavin cross-linking; CT: Corneal thickness; ECD: Corneal endothelial density.