Table 5.

Baseline Clinical Data for Eyes, the AHs of Which Were Subjected to qPCR

Information	Keratoconus Subjects	Myopia Subjects
Eyes/people, n	18/18	18/18
Age (y), mean ± SD	23.73 ± 4.80	20.88 ± 3.18
Sex (male/female), n	15/3	11/7
BCVA (logMAR), mean ± SD	0.48 ± 0.33*	0.03 ± 0.06*
TCT (mm), mean ± SD	466.00 ± 49.14*	543.05 ± 26.28*
K1, mean ± SD	47.99 ± 6.48*	41.85 ± 1.12*
K2, mean ± SD	52.62 ± 6.66*	43.45 ± 1.18*
PE, mean ± SD	50.40 ± 37.66*	4.61 ± 1.85*

Data were analyzed using SPSS 26.0. Student's t-test was used to compare data for age, BCVA, TCT, K1, K2, and PE between the groups.

^* P < 0.05 (Pearson's χ² test was employed to compare the sex ratios).