Research Article
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/mm2) | 13357.22 ± 5056.19 | 9808.96 ± 4853.05 | 0.034 | Number of fibers (no./mm2) | 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 |
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