Evaluation of Corneal Endothelium in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 1

Mean ECD values in relation to sex, metabolic control, and duration of diabetes.

Variables	ECD (mean ± stand dev.)	P value
Sex		0.99^a
Male	2446±488.3
Female	2424±394.7
Metabolic control		0.54^b
Good	2379±385.3
Moderate	2508±497.2
Poor	2424±444.2
Diabetes duration		0.001^b
Up to 5 years	2653.842±436.8
From 5 to 10 years	2396.857±454.8
Over 10 years	2280.442±363.2

aP value for Mann-Whitney test.
bP value for Kruskal-Wallis test.