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

Table 7

Correlation r () of corneal parameters in the T1DM subgroup divided by sex and metabolic data.

Corneal nerve parameters	BMI		HBA1c
	Male	Female	Male	Female
Nerve fiber length (µm/frame)	−0.856 (0.003)	−0.358	−0.183	0.145
Nerve fiber length density (µm/mm^2)	−0.855 (0.003)	−0.358	−0.155	0.145
Number of fibers (no./mm^2)	−0.774 (0.014)	−0.198	−0.426	0.159
Number of branchings (no.)	−0.579	0.154	−0.355	−0.133
Number of beadings (no.)	−0.094	0.097	0.040	0.535
Beadings density (no./mm)	0.452	0.276	−0.001	0.471
Nerve fiber tortuosity	−0.051	−0.316	0.201	−0.496