Research Article
Early Alterations of Corneal Subbasal Plexus in Uncomplicated Type 1 Diabetes Patients
Table 5
Comparison between male and female in the T1DM population.
| | | Male (n = 9) | Female (n = 10) | value |
| | Age (mean ± SD) | 35.22 ± 3.21 | 39.40 ± 2.64 | 0.326 | | Age at onset of DM | 19.55 ± 2.52 | 29.8 ± 3.19 | 0.045 | | Duration of DM (years) | 15.67 ± 3.09 | 9.60 ± 2.05 | 0.113 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 26.81 ± 1.75 | 23.42 ± 1.11 | 0.102 | | HBA1c (%) | 7.59 ± 0.22 | 7.65 ± 0.32 | 0.880 | | TG (mg/dl) | 90.55 ± 12.23 | 64.8 ± 5.56 | 0.063 | | CT (mg/dl) | 170.66 ± 6.19 | 190.20 ± 9.72 | 0.117 | | HDL (mg/dl) | 60.78 ± 5.28 | 71.40 ± 4.76 | 0.153 | | LDL (mg/dl) | 91.78 ± 5.13 | 106.86 ± 9.57 | 0.197 | | Creatinine (mg/dl) | 0.78 ± 0.04 | 0.76 ± 0.04 | 0.777 | | Microalbuminuria/creatininuria (mg/g) | 7.6 ± 2.17 | 9.54 ± 3.04 | 0.617 | | Nerve fiber length (µm/frame) | 697.96 ± 101.48 | 1018.09 ± 153.95 | 0.05 | | Nerve fiber length density (µm/mm2) | 7978.80 ± 1158.24 | 11456.11 ± 1732.28 | 0.05 | | Number of fibers (no./mm2) | 4.11 ± 0.75 | 5.20 ± 0.61 | 0.273 | | Number of branchings (no.) | 1.78 ± 0.57 | 2.00 ± 0.47 | 0.735 | | Number of beadings (no.) | 16.67 ± 1.21 | 15.80 ± 2 | 0.724 | | Beadings density (no./mm) | 70.27 ± 6.91 | 61.44 ± 7.3 | 0.744 | | Nerve fiber tortuosity | 5.30 ± 0.65 | 5.88 ± 0.50 | 0.253 |
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