Research Article
Comparison of Corneal Parameters of Children with Diabetes Mellitus and Healthy Children
Table 2
A comparison of corneal parameters between 50 children with diabetes mellitus and 46 normal controls enrolled in this study.
| Corneal parameters | Case group (n = 50) | Control group (n = 48) | Statistics | |
| Steep corneal curvature (D) | 43.27 ± 1.37 | 43.21 ± 1.66 | t† = 0.193 | 0.848 | Flat corneal curvature (D) | 42.16 ± 1.31 | 42.06 ± 1.57 | t = 0.358 | 0.721 | Astigmatism (D) | 1.11 ± 0.53 | 1.15 ± 0.52 | t = −0.397 | 0.692 | Eccentricity (D) | 0.62 ± 0.09 | 0.63 ± 0.10 | t = −0.615 | 0.540 | Corneal aspherical coefficient | −0.39 ± 0.11 | −0.41 ± 0.12 | Z‡ = −0.446 | 0.656 | Central corneal thickness (μm) | 562.27 ± 28.48 | 573.40 ± 32.94 | t = −2.405 | 0.018 | Corneal diameter (mm) | 12.09 ± 0.41 | 11.66 ± 1.92 | Z = −1.077 | 0.281 | Corneal curvature R1 (D) | 42.09 ± 1.80 | 42.04 ± 1.52 | t = 0.131 | 0.896 | Corneal curvature R2 (D) | 43.12 ± 1.86 | 43.32 ± 1.68 | t = −0.499 | 0.619 | Intraocular pressure (mmHg) | 18.21 ± 3.53 | 18.42 ± 2.61 | Z = −0.402 | 0.688 | Pupil diameter (mm) | 5.46 ± 2.60 | 6.48 ± 2.34 | Z = −1.941 | 0.052 |
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†t = Student’s t test. ‡Z = Mann–Whitney nonparametric test.
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