Table 3.

Comparison of the corneal densitometry measurements (gray scale units) in both groups

	IDA Group	Control Group	p*
	(n=32)	(n=38)
Anterior 120 μm
0-2 mm	16.6±1.3	16.0±1.0	0.044
2-6 mm	15.3±1.4	14.6±1.0	0.021
6-10 mm	17.6±4.4	16.2±2.8	0.120
10-12 mm	26.5±8.1	26.8±8.1	0.856
Total Diameter	18.1±2.9	17.4±2.0	0.216
Center
0-2 mm	11.2±0.9	11.1±0.8	0.483
2-6 mm	10.4±1.1	10.1±0.8	0.244
6-10 mm	12.5±3.1	11.6±2.0	0.188
10-12 mm	16.8±4.5	16.7±3.7	0.883
Total Diameter	12.3±2.0	11.8±1.3	0.291
Posterior 60 μm
0-2 mm	8.7±1.1	8.5±0.9	0.340
2-6 mm	8.3±1.2	8.0±0.9	0.287
6-10 mm	10.6±2.6	9.8±1.5	0.142
10-12 mm	13.5±3.3	13.0±2.2	0.487
Total Diameter	10.0±1.8	9.5±1.1	0.189
Total thickness
0-2 mm	12.2±1.0	11.9±0.9	0.148
2-6 mm	11.3±1.2	10.9±0.8	0.106
6-10 mm	13.5±3.3	12.6±2.0	0.139
10-12 mm	18.9±5.0	18.8±4.3	0.940
Total Diameter	13.5±2.2	12.9±1.4	0.224

*Independent samples t-test. Bold values indicate p<0.05.