Corneal Endothelial Morphology in Children with Type 1 Diabetes

Table 3

Comparison between type 1 diabetes patients and healthy controls as regards corneal endothelial morphology.

Patient characteristics	Type 1 diabetes	Healthy controls	value
Right central corneal thickness (microns)
Mean (SD)	537 ± 33.41	504.7 ± 23.99	<0.0001
Right endothelial cell density (cells/mm^2)
Mean (SD)	3149.84 ± 343.75	3308.78 ± 99.33	0.005
Right pleomorphism %
Mean (SD)	48.73 ± 5.43	56.46 ± 9.64	<0.0001
Right polymegathism %
Mean (SD)	37.96 ± 5.61	35.55 ± 5.16	0.02
Left central corneal thickness (microns)
Mean (SD)	539.91 ± 30.49	501.63 ± 15.77	<0.0001
Left endothelial cell density (cells/mm^2)
Mean (SD)	3142.13 ± 416.74	3315.25 ± 100.16	0.01
Left pleomorphism %
Mean (SD)	49.67 ± 6.87	55.14 ± 10.27	0.003
Left polymegathism
Mean (SD)	36.45 ± 5.47	34.45 ± 3.03	0.03

Pleomorphism: percentage of normal hexagonal cells; polymegathism: percentage of abnormal corneal cell size.