Association between hair cortisol levels and keratoconus: A prospective study.

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However, there was a trend towards a positive correlation between cortisol levels and the thinnest corneal location (R = 0.290, p = 0.069), although it did not reach statistical significance ( Table 4 ).

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In addition, due to the small sample size, there may be significant inter-individual variability in cortisol responses to stress, making it challenging to detect differences in small sample sizes.

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