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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cornea. 2017 Apr;36(4):419–424. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000001148

Table 2. Difference in epithelial defect measurements between examiners (n=48 abrasions).

Absolute Difference in Maximum
Vertical Length of ED (mm)
Absolute Difference in Maximum
Horizontal Length of ED (mm)
Examiners Mean (SD) Min, Max Median 95% CI Mean (SD) Min, Max Median 95% CI
E1 vs E2 0.63a (0.69) 0.00, 3.20 0.40 0.43, 0.83 0.44d (0.35) 0.00, 1.30 0.30 0.31, 0.61
E1 vs E3 0.56b (0.56) 0.00, 3.00 0.45 0.40, 0.72 0.46e (0.52) 0.00, 2.30 0.30 0.33, 0.58
E2 vs E3 0.54c (0.45) 0.00, 2.10 0.50 0.41, 0.67 0.46f (0.42) 0.00, 2.00 0.35 0.34, 0.54

ED = epithelial defect, E = Examiner, mm = millimeter, SD = standard deviation, CI = confidence interval; Wilcoxon signed-rank test p-value:

a

0.69,

b

0.96,

c

0.81,

d

0.08,

e

0.06,

f

0.12