Corneal Endothelial Morphology in Children with Type 1 Diabetes

Table 4

Factors affecting corneal endothelial morphology of type 1 diabetes as regards central corneal thickness and endothelial cell density.

	Odds ratio; (95% confidence intervals)	value
Factors affecting right central corneal thickness
Age	−3.68 (−7.84 : 0.47)	0.08
Male versus female	5.51 (−9.90 : 20.93)	0.47
Duration of type 1 diabetes/years	6.53 (2.19 : 10.88)	0.004
BMI	−0.52 (−3.66 : 2.63)	0.74
Hemoglobin	6.30 (−5.14 : 17.75)	0.28
HbA1C	2.13 (−2.09 : 6.35)	0.32
Factors affecting left central corneal thickness
Age	−3.15 (−6.99 : 0.69)	0.10
Male versus female	3.86 (−10.41 : 18.13)	0.59
Duration of type 1 diabetes/years	5.22 (1.20 : 9.25)	0.01
BMI	−0.63 (−3.54 : 2.28)	0.67
Hemoglobin	2.96 (−7.64 : 13.56)	0.58
HbA1C	0.03 (−3.87 : 3.94)	0.98
Factors affecting right endothelial cell density
Age	0.18 (−0.49 : 0.79)	0.61
Male versus female	−4.79 (−7.28 : 2.31)	0.35
Duration of type 1 diabetes/years	−35.93 (−67.38 : −4.48)	0.03
BMI	−6.69 (−29.41 : 16.02)	0.56
Hemoglobin	54.34 (−28.46 : 137.13)	0.20
HbA1C	4.11 (−6.60 : 7.62)	0.31
Factors affecting left endothelial cell density
Age	0.16 (−0.47 : 0.80)	0.62
Male versus female	−4.35 (−6.70 : 2.00)	0.34
Duration of type 1 diabetes/years	−32.93 (−65.38 : −6.48)	0.03
BMI	0.03 (−0.45 : 0.51)	0.90
Hemoglobin	−1.21 (−2.96 : 0.53)	0.17
HbA1C	−0.04 (−0.68 : 0.61)	0.91

BMI: body mass index; HbA1C: glycosylated hemoglobin.