Influence of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus on the Ocular Biometry of Chinese Children

Table 1

Ocular parameters of T1DM patients and healthy controls.

	DM group (mean ± SD)	Control group (mean ± SD)	t value	value
Age, years	10.59 ± 3.40	9.55 ± 1.89	1.963	0.052^a
M/F, n	25/29	27/26	—	0.700^b
CCT, μm	560.29 ± 29.29	571.02 ± 31.61	−1.722	0.088^a
ACD, mm	3.52 ± 0.26	3.72 ± 0.26	−4.104	0.000^a
LT, mm	3.49 ± 0.18	3.40 ± 0.16	2.422	0.018^a
AL, mm	23.86 ± 1.36	24.28 ± 1.20	−1.691	0.094^a
K1, D	42.11 ± 1.69	41.97 ± 1.48	0.425	0.672^a
K2, D	43.14 ± 1.76	43.22 ± 1.63	−0.227	0.821^a
SE, D	−1.13 ± 2.45	−1.59 ± 1.96	1.030	0.306^a

CCT: central corneal thickness; ACD: anterior chamber depth; LT: lens thickness; AL: axial length; K1: flat meridian; K2: steep meridian; SE: spherical equivalent; D: diopters; DM: diabetes mellitus; SD: standard deviation. ^aIndependent t-test. ^bChi-square test. value < 0.05 significant.