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Table 1 Vascular measurements of HCL (N = 13) and NCL (N = 15) wearers in two visits

From: Inter-visit measurement variability of conjunctival vasculature and circulation in habitual contact lens wearers and non-lens wearers

 

D (μm)

Dbox

D0

Q (pl/s)

VA (mm/s)

VS (mm/s)

HCL

 Visit 1

18.1 ± 4.0

1.64 ± 0.04

1.70 ± 0.05

150 ± 119

0.52 ± 0.15

0.37 ± 0.10

 Visit 2

16.8 ± 2.3

1.63 ± 0.06

1.70 ± 0.05

118 ± 62

0.51 ± 0.17

0.37 ± 0.12

 Diff

1.3 ± 3.2

0.01 ± 0.05

0.00 ± 0.04

32 ± 85

0.01 ± 0.10

0.01 ± 0.07

 Upper LOA

7.65

0.10

0.08

199

0.21

0.15

 Lower LOA

−5.03

−0.08

− 0.08

− 135

− 0.18

−0.14

 ICC

0.60

0.64

0.64

0.72

0.81

0.78

 CV (%)

18.5

2.8

2.4

63.5

19.5

20.2

 CI of CV

25.6~11.4

3.9~1.7

3.4~1.5

88.0~39.1

27.1~12.0

27.9~12.4

NCL

 Visit 1

17.2 ± 2.4

1.62 ± 0.06

1.69 ± 0.06

116 ± 43

0.49 ± 0.13

0.36 ± 0.10

 Visit 2

16.8 ± 2.6

1.62 ± 0.06

1.70 ± 0.06

117 ± 53

0.51 ± 0.16

0.37 ± 0.12

 Diff

0.4 ± 2.5

0.00 ± 0.06

0.00 ± 0.06

−0.2 ± 47

−0.01 ± 0.11

−0.01 ± 0.08

 Upper LOA

5.3

0.12

0.11

93

0.20

0.14

 Lower LOA

−4.5

−0.13

−0.12

−93

− 0.22

−0.16

 ICC

0.51

0.49

0.51

0.44

0.67

0.68

 CV (%)

14.7

3.8

3.4

40.6

21.4

21.1

 CI of CV

20.3~9.0

5.3~2.4

4.8~2.1

56.3~25.0

29.6~13.2

29.2~13.0

  1. HCL = habitual contact lens wearers; NCL = non-contact lens wearers; D = diameter; Dbox = fractal dimension processed using box counting indicating vessel density; D0 = multifractal dimension indicating vessel complexity; Q = blood flow volume; VA = axial blood flow velocity; VS = cross-sectional blood flow velocity; CV = coefficient of variation; ICC = interclass correlation coefficient; LOA = limit of agreement; CI of CV = confidence interval of CV