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. 2021 May 12;21:211. doi: 10.1186/s12886-021-01967-7

Table 2.

IVCM Analysis of Subbasal Nerve Parameters

Parameters NSDE Group SSDE Group P Value
Patients, n 20 22
Nerve density μm/frame 3355.71 ± 518.10 2500.10 ± 885.35 0.001*
Mean length μm/frame 211.91 ± 30.40 260.94 ± 148.12 0.057
Max length μm/frame 454.19 ± 45.17 443.49 ± 29.04 0.229
Number of nerves number/frame 16.50 ± 3.59 11.63 ± 5.02 0.000*
Tortuosity 1.63 ± 1.00 2.42 ± 0.98 0.039*

* P < 0.05

Statistics methods: A linear model with heterogeneous variance was used to compare group differences, controlling for age