Table 1 The general demographic characteristics of the 53 keratoconus patients in this study.

From: Three novel variants identified within ECM-related genes in Chinese Han keratoconus patients

Demographic characteristics

Sex

Males

41 (77.36%)

Females

12 (22.64%)

Age

27.04 ± 6.35

Age at diagnosis (year)

20.06 ± 4.18

Disease laterality

OD

4 (7.55%)

OS

6 (11.32%)

OU

43 (81.13%)

Diopter (OD)

−6.78 ± 4.14

Diopter (OS)

−6.14 ± 3.4

Corneal transplantation history

Positive

1 (1.89%)

Negative

52 (98.11%)

Corneal thickness (OD, at the thinnest point)

461.45 ± 56.64

Corneal thickness (OS, at the thinnest point)

471.47 ± 50.7