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According to the Topographic Keratoconus (TKC) grading method, keratoconus was divided into stage I (TKC\u2009=\u20091, 130 eyes), stage II (TKC\u2009=\u20091\u20132, 2, 164 eyes), stage III (TKC\u2009=\u20092\u20133, 3, 125 eyes) and stage IV (TKC\u2009=\u20093\u20134, 4, 98 eyes). A total of 158 normal subjects (158 eyes) were recruited as the normal group. The corneal morphological parameters and biomechanical parameters were obtained with Scheimpflug tomography (Pentacam) and corneal visualization Scheimpflug technology (Corvis ST), and the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were drawn.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Each corneal morphological and most biomechanical parameters of the keratoconic eyes were significantly different from those of the normal eyes in this study (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). ROC curve demonstrated that most parameters in this study showed high efficiency in diagnosing keratoconus (the area under the ROC (AUC) was\u2009&gt;\u20090.9), with the Belin-Ambr\u00f3sio deviation (BAD-D) and Tomographic and Biomechanical Index (TBI) showing higher efficiency. The efficiency of BAD-D and TBI was high in differentiating keratoconus at different stages (AUC\u2009&gt;\u20090.963). The comparison of ROC curves of keratoconus at different stages did not reveal statistically significant differences for TBI.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>BAD-D and TBI can effectively diagnose stage I keratoconus. 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