TABLE 3.

Anterior corneal radius of curvature of the 3 mm area at the center of the thinnest point of the cornea (ARC).

	n	Group A	Group B	P
Preoperative	36	7.76 ± 0.22	7.77 ± 0.22	0.683
1 week post-op.	32	8.84 ± 0.37	8.41 ± 0.31	0.000
1 month post-op.	33	8.83 ± 0.35	8.44 ± 0.31	0.000
3 months post-op.	29	8.79 ± 0.36	8.42 ± 0.31	0.000
6 months post-op.	36	8.76 ± 0.36	8.40 ± 0.31	0.000
P		0.000*	0.000*

Post-op, postoperative. *Six months post-op. vs. preoperative.