Corneal Endothelial Cell Density and Morphology in Healthy Egyptian Eyes

Table 2

Comparison of age and variables pertaining to the corneal endothelial cell density and morphology between men and women in our cohort of Egyptian subjects with healthy eyes.

Item	Men (mean ± SD)	Women (mean ± SD)	t-Test	value
Age	49.60 ± 15.39	49.37 ± 15.18	0.177	0.860
CCT (μm)	517.06 ± 38.41	512.13 ± 46.71	1.364	0.173
MCD (cells/mm^2)	2670.9 ± 343.1	2626.8 ± 414.0	1.372	0.171
CV in cell area (%)	32.82 ± 5.00	31.85 ± 5.12	2.270	0.024
Hex (%)	52.60 ± 11.43	54.85 ± 10.51	2.473	0.015
MCA (μm^2)	392.23 ± 199.91	389.13 ± 83.95	36961.5	0.099

SD: standard deviation; CCT: central corneal thickness; MCD: mean endothelial cell density; CV: coefficient of variation in cell area; Hex: hexagonal cells; MCA: mean cell area.