Corneal Subbasal Nerve Plexus Changes in Severe Diabetic Charcot Foot Deformity: A Pilot Study in Search for a DNOAP Biomarker

Table 1

Demographic data of included participants.

	Charcot	Control
Age	61.1 ± 13.6 years (range 27–77)	66.4 ± 8.8 years (range 51–78)
Gender	Male (77%)	Male (77%)
	Female (23%)	Female (23%)
Diabetes type	Type 2 (85%)	None
	Type 1 (15%)
Diabetes duration	18.5 ± 9.7 years (range 1–31)	—
Insulin	Dependent	None
	Independent
Secondary diagnosis (>3)	(46%)	None
Polyneuropathy	(100%)	None
Chronic renal insufficiency	(31%)	(8%)
Diabetic retinopathy	(46%)	None
HbA1c levels	8.2 ± 1.9% (range 6–12)	5.4 ± 0.5% (range 5-6)