Table 6.
Correlation of corneal elevation parameters with TBI in AC patients.
| Anterior corneal surface | Posterior corneal surface | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TE | CE | TED | CED | MED | TE | CE | TED | CED | MED | ||
| TBI | r | 0.608 | 0.464 | 0.754 | 0.727 | 0.750 | 0.563 | 0.156 | 0.341 | 0.318 | 0.323 |
| p | <0.001* | 0.010* | <0.001* | <0.001* | <0.001* | 0.001* | 0.412 | 0.065 | 0.087 | 0.081 | |
AC, allergic conjunctivitis; TBI, tomography and biomechanical index; TE, elevation at the thinnest location; CE, elevation at the central location; CED, elevation difference at the central location; MED, mean value of elevation difference in the central 4 mm zone.
*
Statistically significant (p < 0.05).