. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: Ocul Surf. 2017 Sep 18;16(1):101–111. doi: 10.1016/j.jtos.2017.09.004

Table 2.

Dendritiform cell parameters and corneal subbasal nerve plexus parameters in control groups, contralateral unaffected eyes and affected eyes with herpes zoster ophthalmicus.

	HZO affected	HZO contralateral	Controls
Eyes (n)	24	24	24
Mean central corneal sensation (cm)	2.7 ± 0.5^*	5.8 ± 0.1	5.9 ± 0.04
DC density (cells/mm²)	147.4 ± 33.9^*	120.1 ± 21.2^*	23.0 ± 3.6
DC size (μm²)	232.4 ± 47.4^*	161.9 ± 33.1	57.2 ± 11.7
DC field (μm²)	980.9 ± 200.2^*	312.0 ± 63.7^*	182.4 ± 37.2
DC number of dendrites (n/cell)	4.1 ± 0.8^*	3.1 ± 0.6	2.3 ± 0.5
Main nerve trunk length	4,950.9 ± 662.9^*	8,327.0 ± 474.9^*	10,364.5 ± 355.6
(μm/mm2)/[μm/frame]	[792.1 ± 106.1]	[1,332.3 ±76.0]	[1,658.3 ± 57.0]
Nerve branch length	4,101.6 ± 538.7^*	6,521.7 ± 681.0^*	12,486.9 ± 522.1
(μm/mm²)/[μm/frame]	[656.3 ± 86.2]	[1,043.5 ± 109.0]	[1,997.9 ± 83.5]
Total nerve length	9,052.6 ± 1151.4^*	14,959.8 ± 903.2^*	22,851.4 ± 661.4
(μm/mm²)/[μm/frame]	[1,448.4 ± 184.2]	[2,393.6 ± 144.5]	[3,656.2 ±105.8]
Number of main nerve trunks (n/frame)	2.4 ± 0.3^*	3.8 ± 0.3	4.4 ± 0.2
Number of nerve branches (n/frame)	3.4 ± 0.7^*	8.2 ± 1.1^*	22.2 ± 1.2
Total number of nerves (n/frame)	5.8 ± 0.9^*	11.9 ± 1.2^*	26.6 ± 1.2

Values are expressed as mean ± standard error of mean.

Statistically significant (p<0.05) compared to controls.

HZO: Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus, DC: Dendritiform cell.