Review Article
In Vivo Confocal Microscopy of the Human Cornea in the Assessment of Peripheral Neuropathy and Systemic Diseases
Table 3
Corneal subbasal nerve densities on in vivo confocal microscopy in diabetes mellitus.
| | Corneal subbasal nerve density in patients (mm/mm2) | Corneal subbasal nerve density in controls (mm/mm2) |
| Petropoulos et al. [14], type 1 diabetes | | | No retinopathy | 20.6 ± 1.5 | 27.7 ± 1.1 | Retinopathy | 17.4 ± 0.9 | 27.7 ± 1.1 | No microalbuminuria | 19.9 ± 1.7 | 27.7 ± 1.1 | Microalbuminuria | 14.3 ± 1.4 | 27.7 ± 1.1 | Misra et al. [19], type 1 diabetes | 11.0 ± 3.8 | 21.17 ± 4.2 | Malik et al. [24], type 2 diabetes | | | Mild | 10.8 ± 0.9 | 13.5 ± 0.3 | Moderate | 7.5 ± 1.1 | 13.5 ± 0.3 | Severe | 4.3 ± 1.5 | 13.5 ± 0.3 | Tavakoli et al. [23], type 2 diabetes | | | Mild | 5.48 ± 0.45 | 11.21 ± 0.88 | Moderate | 3.01 ± 0.39 | 11.21 ± 0.88 | Severe | 2.99 ± 0.34 | 11.21 ± 0.88 |
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