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. 2020 Oct 29;10:18594. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-75412-y

Table 3.

Factors associated with corneal ectasia indicators in KC and others: multivariant regression analysis of IHT/CCT, IGT/CCT, and ACD as the dependent variables with the independent variables of age at PK, current age, postoperative period, sex, and graft size.

Dependent KC Others
Selected Estimates p Selected Estimates p
IHT/CCT Postoperative period 0.012 0.021 Age at PK 0.005 0.004
Graft size 0.286 < 0.0001
IGT/CCT Postoperative period 0.006 0.019 Age at PK 0.003 0.067
Graft size 0.155 < 0.0001
ACD Postoperative period − 0.026 0.075 Postoperative period − 0.017 0.044
Graft size − 0.418 0.019 Graft size 0.310 0.036

KC keratoconus, IHT inferior thinnest host cornea thickness, CCT central corneal thickness, IGT inferior thinnest graft thickness, IHT/CCT IHT ratio to CCT, IGT/CCT IGT ratio to CCT, ACD Anterior chamber depth, PK Penetrating keratoplasty.