Corneal Endothelial Cell Density and Morphology in Healthy Egyptian Eyes

Corneal Endothelial Cell Density and Morphology in Healthy Egyptian Eyes

Purpose. To evaluate the corneal endothelial cell density and morphology in normal Egyptian eyes. Methods. In total, 568 healthy eyes of 568 Egyptian volunteers aged 20 to 85 years were examined using noncontact specular microscopy for the central corneal thickness (CCT), mean endothelial cell densi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of ophthalmology 2019-01, Vol.2019 (2019), p.1-8
Hauptverfasser: Elghobaier, Mohamed Gamal, Sayed, Khulood Mohammed, Farouk, Mahmoud Mohamed, Mohamed Mostafa, Engy, Anbar, Mohamed, Ammar, Hatem, Abdellah, Marwa Mahmoud, Hassan, Alahmady Hamad Alsmman
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Sprache:eng
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Age groups
Comparative analysis
Cornea
Endothelium
Microscopy
Morphology
Software
Studies
Variables
Variance analysis
Women
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Zusammenfassung:Purpose. To evaluate the corneal endothelial cell density and morphology in normal Egyptian eyes. Methods. In total, 568 healthy eyes of 568 Egyptian volunteers aged 20 to 85 years were examined using noncontact specular microscopy for the central corneal thickness (CCT), mean endothelial cell density (MCD), coefficient of variation (CV) in cell area, mean cell area (MCA), and hexagonal cell (Hex) percentage. Variables were compared between sexes and between different age groups. Results. The mean CCT, MCD, and MCA were 514.45 ± 43.04 μm, 2647.50 ± 382.62 cells/mm2, and 390.59 ± 149.94 μm2, respectively. MCD and MCA showed no significant differences between men and women (P=0.171 and 0.099, respectively), whereas CV (%) and Hex (%) showed significant differences (P=0.024 and 0.015, respectively). CCT (P=0.007, r = −0.113) and MCD (P
ISSN:2090-004X
2090-0058
DOI:10.1155/2019/6370241