Profile of central corneal thickness and corneal endothelial cell morpho-density of in healthy Congolese eyes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the pachymetric and corneal endothelial cell morphometric features and their relationship to ocular and systemic factors in healthy Congolese subjects.

Methods

Non-contact specular microscopy was used in 278 healthy eyes (278 subjects) to measure central corneal thickness (CCT), corneal endothelial cell density (CECD) along with cell size, coefficient of variation (CV) in cell size, and hexagonality (HEX). The lower and upper reference limits and average values for each parameter were determined. Correlation and association of average values with anthropo-demographic and clinical variables were assessed.

Results

The mean age was 38.9 ± 17.2 years (10.9-80.7 years). Average values were 504.2 ± 30.7 μm (CCT), 2907.1 ± 290.9 cells/mm² (CEC

SUBMITTER: Kelekele JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8063471 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature