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/mm^2)	Corneal subbasal nerve density in controls (mm/mm^2)
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