Choroidal Thickness and Ganglion Cell Complex in Pubescent Children with Type 1 Diabetes without Diabetic Retinopathy Analyzed by Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography
Table 3
Descriptive statistics of GCC parameters in the studied patients by presence of type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Variable
Study group
M
SD
95% CI
Range
Ganglion cell complex—total
Diabetic
97.51
6.77
95.77–99.24
80.97–118.39
0.448
Nondiabetic
98.08
6.03
96.25–99.92
87.23–111.94
GCC—superior quadrant
Diabetic
96.05
10.45
93.38–98.73
30.88–117.00
0.371
Nondiabetic
97.42
6.56
95.42–99.41
86.46–111.43
GCC—inferior quadrant
Diabetic
98.05
8.49
95.88–100.23
81.69–138.14
0.401
Nondiabetic
98.74
5.74
96.99-100.48
88.00–112.47
Focal loss volume (%)
Diabetic
0.512
0.756
0.313–0.711
0.000–4.420
0.037
Nondiabetic
0.275
0.434
0.142–0.407
0.000–2.202
Global loss volume (%)
Diabetic
2.349
2.926
1.580–3.118
0.000–14.402
0.282
Nondiabetic
1.842
1.909
1.262–2.422
0.003–8.265
M: mean; SD: standard deviation; CI: confidence interval.
