Changes of Blink Reflex in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the study participants.

Characteristics	Normal ()	T2DM ()	value
Sex (, %)^†			0.081
Male	17 (37.8)	56 (53.3)
Female	28 (62.2)	49 (46.7)
Age (year)^‡			0.091
R1 latency (ms)^‡
IR2 latency (ms)^‡
CR2 latency (ms)^‡
IR2 duration (ms)^‡			0.253
CR2 duration (ms)^‡			0.120
BMI (kg/m^2)	—		—
DM duration (year)	—	5 (10)	—
HbA1C (%)	—	9.96 (3.60)	—
Dizziness (, %)	—	13 (12.4)	—

^†Analysis of Pearson chi-square test. ^‡Analysis of independent sample -test. . Abbreviations: : number of cases; : ; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; BMI: body mass index; HbA1c: hemoglobin A1c; IR2: ipsilateral R2; CR2: contralateral R2.