Early Alterations of Corneal Subbasal Plexus in Uncomplicated Type 1 Diabetes Patients

Table 2

Summary of corneal nerves morphological parameters in study population (T1DM versus healthy control).

Corneal nerves parameters	Healthy control (n = 19)	T1DM (n = 19)	value
Nerve fiber length (µm/frame)	1186.20 ± 450.02	866.45 ± 432.04	0.032
Nerve fiber length density (µm/mm^2)	13357.22 ± 5056.19	9808.96 ± 4853.05	0.034
Number of fibers (no./mm^2)	7.16 ± 2.87	4.68 ± 2.11	0.005
Number of branchings (no.)	3.26 ± 1.99	1.89 ± 1.56	0.028
Number of beadings (no.)	19.68 ± 3.54	16.21 ± 5.12	0.056
Beadings density (no./mm)	71.37 ± 10.30	65.62 ± 21.85	0.306
Nerve fiber tortuosity	6.02 ± 2.66	5.61 ± 1.75	0.737