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. 2022 Sep 1;17(9):e0274071. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274071

Table 4. Cut-off point, specificity, and sensitivity values identified in previous study.

Study Device Reference surface Elevation values(μm) Normal control FFKC or KC suspect KC Cut-off value (μm) Sensitivity Specificity
M Itoi et al. [38] (Normal n = 88, FFKC n = 13, KC n = 29) SS-OCT CASIA 1000 BFS (central 5 mm of the anterior or posterior cornea) anterior 5.43 ± 1.38 (n = 88) 13.85 ± 7.23 (n = 13) 44.00 ± 22.15 (n = 29) 8.00 85% 96%
posterior 10.00 ± 2.82 22.69 ± 12.07 89.93 ± 41.93 13.00 85% 86%
Rao et al. [39] (Normal n = 50, KC suspect n = 60, KC n = 15) Orbscan II BFS anterior 0.005 ± 0.002 0.009 ± 0.007 0.013 ± 0.010 - - -
posterior 0.021 ± 0.006 0.035 ± 0.015 0.044 ±0.025 40 - -
I Kovács et al. [23] (Normal n = 41, KC n = 41) Pentacam BFS (central 5 mm of the anterior or posterior cornea) anterior 2.7 ± 2.3 - 33.3 ± 28.6 - - -
posterior 5.7 ± 5.5 55.8 ± 33.2 15.5 95.1% 94.3%
I Kovács et al. [29] (Normal n = 70, KC n = 44) Pentacam BFS, BFTE (fixed 8-mm-diameter) Posterior elevation BFS 8 mm 1.38 ± 5.75 - 42.68 ± 33.44 15.5 91% 98%
Posterior elevation BFTE 8 mm 5.66 ± 5.02 67.57 ± 48.57 10.5 91% 95%
Orucoglu F et al. [40] (normal n = 513, KC n = 656) Pentacam BFS (8-mm-diameter) Anterior 3.59 ± 2.43 - 16.28 ± 12.14 8.5 71.6% 100%
at thinnest point Anterior elevation at thinnest point 2.29 ± 1.80 20.53 ± 14.33 5.5 91.3% 97.4%
BFS (8-mm-diameter) Posterior 5.64 ± 3.50 35.74 ± 25.95 12.5 87.3% 96.1%
at thinnest point Posterior elevation at thinnest point 6.41 ± 3.83 47.39 ± 28.52 13.5 93.2% 94.9%
Mostafa EM et al. [41] (Normal n = 500, KC n = 100) Sirius Elevation values at Thinnest corneal point Spherical MAE 5.2 ± 1.9 - 21.2 ± 11.3 24 91% 92%
Aspherotoric MAE 5.6 ± 2.4 23.9 ± 17.1 19 98% 99%
Spherical MPE 6.3 ± 2.0 28.9 ± 18.1 15 92% 93%
Aspherotoric MPE 6.7 ± 2.3 29.8 ± 17 12 98% 99%
Smadja D et al. [42] (Normal n = 177 FFKC n = 47 KC n = 167) GALILEI BFS and BFTA (8-mm-diameter) BFS MAE 5.4 ± 3.15 7.2 ± 4.3 25.2 ± 12.5 11 92% 91%
BFTA MAE 4.8 ± 1.7 8.4 ± 3.9 31.9 ± 15.8 9 98% 99%
BFS MPE 13.1 ± 5.2 15.4 ± 6.5 46.0 ± 20.6 21 93% 95%
BFTA MPE 8.6 ± 2.8 16.9 ± 6.9 57.8 ± 28.4 16 99% 99%

FFKC, Forme-Fruste Keratoconus; KC, keratoconus; BFS, best-fit sphere; BFTA, best-fit toric and aspherical surface; BFTE, best-fit toric-ellipsoid; MAE, mean anterior elevation; MPE, mean posterior elevation