Preoperative and postoperative (1 year) corneal diameter, central corneal thickness, average keratometry and axial length
Variable, mean±SD | All eyes | Unilateral | Bilateral | P value | Aphakes | Pseudophakes | P value | |
Corneal diameter (mm) | Preoperative (173 eyes of 97 patients) | 9.98±1.02 | 9.91±1.21 | 10.00±0.97 | 0.73 | 9.50±0.80 | 11.06±0.50 | <0.0001 |
Year 1 (139 eyes of 76 patients) | 10.74±1.07 | 10.83±1.00 | 10.72±1.01 | 0.72 | 10.42±1.07 | 11.47±0.49 | <0.0001 | |
P value | <0.0001 | 0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | |||
Central corneal thickness (µm) | Preoperative (117 eyes of 65 patients) | 550.6±67.2 | 542.5±57.7 | 552.5±69.7 | 0.64 | 552.9±72.0 | 546.6±55.9 | 0.63 |
Year 1 (100 eyes of 55 patients) | 571.1±46.4 | 589.9±34.8 | 568.1±47.8 | 0.25 | 581.4±46.4 | 549.7±38.8 | 0.02 | |
P value | <0.0001 | 0.005 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.001 | |||
Axial length (mm) | Preoperative (173 eyes of 97 patients) | 17.52±2.13 | 17.39±2.08 | 17.56±2.15 | 0.74 | 16.77±1.99 | 19.25±1.21 | <0.0001 |
Year 1 (74 eyes of 40 patients) | 20.28±2.20 | 21.90±3.27 | 20.01±1.87 | 0.05 | 20.00±2.44 | 21.13±0.69 | 0.16 | |
P value | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | |||
Kavg (D) | Preoperative (125 eyes of 69 patients) | 45.60±2.14 | 45.21±1.59 | 45.68±2.26 | 0.49 | 46.22±2.10 | 44.78±1.89 | 0.02 |
Year 1 (112 eyes of 61 patients) | 45.36±2.29 | 43.96±2.75 | 45.59±2.19 | 0.06 | 45.64±2.37 | 44.84±2.04 | 0.21 | |
P value | 0.09 | 0.27 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.99 |
Bonferroni correction was made and p<0.0014, that is, 0.05/36, was considered statistically significant).