Research Article
Peripheral Neuropathy and Tear Film Dysfunction in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Table 1
Participant characteristics for the patients with type 1 diabetes and control group.
| | Diabetes | Controls |
| Subjects () | 53 | 40 | M : F ratio | 26 : 27 | 17 : 23 | Age (years) | 48.6 ± 11.8 | 44.3 ± 14.7 | HbA1c (mmol/mol) | 61.3 ± 12.0 | 35.0 ± 2.5 | Ethnicity | | | European | 51 | 19 | Indian | 0 | 9 | Asian (excluding Indian) | 1 | 8 | Maori | 1 | 0 | Others | 0 | 4 | Mean diabetes Duration (years) | 25.8 ± 11.4 | | <10 | 5 | | 10–20 | 10 | | 21–31 | 22 | | >31 | 16 | |
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