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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cornea. 2017 Apr;36(4):425–430. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000001151

Table 1.

Reproducibility of Testing Modalities using the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient

Testing Modality ICC 95% CI
Slit Lamp Examination
 Stromal thinning (%) 0.95 0.88 to 0.98
 Total thinning (%) 0.92 0.82 to 0.97
 Maximal thinning clock hour 0.85 0.67 to 0.94
 Maximal thinning distance (mm) 0.85 0.80 to 0.97
Ultrasonic Pachymetry
 Central Pachymetry (μm) 0.87 0.76 to 0.94
 Total thickness* (μm) 0.93 0.87 to 0.97
AS-OCT
 Maximal thinning clock hour 0.43 0.17 to 0.68
 Maximal thinning distance (mm) 0.71 0.52 to 0.86
 Total thickness* (μm) 0.95 0.89 to 0.98
Pentacam
 Central Pachymetry (μm) 0.75 0.56 to 0.88
 Total thickness* (μm) 0.87 0.74 to 0.95

Abbreviations: ICC, Intraclass Correlation Coefficient; 95% CI, 95% Confidence Intervals; mm, millimeters; AS-OCT, Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography.

*

Total corneal thickness in area of maximal cornea thinning in microns.