Research Article
Influence of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus on the Ocular Biometry of Chinese Children
Table 1
Ocular parameters of T1DM patients and healthy controls.
| | DM group (mean ± SD) | Control group (mean ± SD) | t value | value |
| Age, years | 10.59 ± 3.40 | 9.55 ± 1.89 | 1.963 | 0.052a | M/F, n | 25/29 | 27/26 | — | 0.700b | CCT, μm | 560.29 ± 29.29 | 571.02 ± 31.61 | −1.722 | 0.088a | ACD, mm | 3.52 ± 0.26 | 3.72 ± 0.26 | −4.104 | 0.000a | LT, mm | 3.49 ± 0.18 | 3.40 ± 0.16 | 2.422 | 0.018a | AL, mm | 23.86 ± 1.36 | 24.28 ± 1.20 | −1.691 | 0.094a | K1, D | 42.11 ± 1.69 | 41.97 ± 1.48 | 0.425 | 0.672a | K2, D | 43.14 ± 1.76 | 43.22 ± 1.63 | −0.227 | 0.821a | SE, D | −1.13 ± 2.45 | −1.59 ± 1.96 | 1.030 | 0.306a |
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CCT: central corneal thickness; ACD: anterior chamber depth; LT: lens thickness; AL: axial length; K1: flat meridian; K2: steep meridian; SE: spherical equivalent; D: diopters; DM: diabetes mellitus; SD: standard deviation. aIndependent t-test. bChi-square test. value < 0.05 significant. |