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. 2017 Nov 13;11(3):174–181. doi: 10.1016/j.optom.2017.08.003

Table 2.

Refractive and visual outcomes, presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD), of PK, DALK and DMEK patients. Results of the ANOVA test and post hoc Tukey pair-wise analysis are shown. Any p-value < 0.05 denotes statistical significance.

Procedure
ANOVA
Tukey pair-wise analysis
PK DALK DMEK F p Pairs p
DCVAa (logMAR) 0.05 ± 0.06 0.12 ± 0.12 0.04 ± 0.05 2.993 0.061



Sphere (D) 1.06 ± 1.60 −0.64 ± 1.70 0.66 ± 1.09 3.682 0.033 PK-DMEK 0.675
PK-DALK 0.025
DMEK-DALK 0.121



Cylinder (D) −2.85 ± 2.05 −2.28 ± 0.82 −0.76 ± 0.70 9.129 <0.001 PK-DMEK <0.001
PK-DALK 0.671
DMEK-DALK 0.079



CSb 3 cpdc (log CS) 1.38 ± 0.23 1.44 ± 0.23 1.47 ± 0.17 0.984 0.382
CS 6 cpd (log CS) 1.54 ± 0.25 1.50 ± 0.23 1.66 ± 0.24 1.686 0.197



CS 12 cpd (log CS) 1.09 ± 0.36 0.90 ± 0.32 1.33 ± 0.24 5.570 0.007 PK-DMEK 0.051
PK-DALK 0.354
DMEK-DALK 0.010



CS 18 cpd (log CS) 0.65 ± 0.30 0.30 ± 0.25 0.89 ± 0.25 11.541 <0.001 PK-DMEK 0.023
PK-DALK 0.019
DMEK-DALK <0.001
a

DCVA: distance corrected monocular visual acuity.

b

CS: contrast sensitivity.

c

cpd: cycles per degree.