Research Article
Early Alterations of Corneal Subbasal Plexus in Uncomplicated Type 1 Diabetes Patients
Table 4
Comparison between the healthy control and T1DM patients divided by sex.
| | Female | Healthy control (n = 10) | T1DM (n = 10) | value |
| | Age (mean ± SD) | 38 ± 4.3 | 39.4 ± 2.64 | 0.785 | | Nerve fiber length (µm/frame) | 979.44 ± 128.28 | 1018.09 ± 153.95 | 0.849 | | Nerve fiber length density (µm/mm2) | 11039.22 ± 1441.25 | 11456.11 ± 1732.28 | 0.855 | | Number of fibers (no./mm2) | 5.70 ± 0.77 | 5.20 ± 0.61 | 0.619 | | Number of branchings (no.) | 2.70 ± 0.54 | 2.00 ± 0.47 | 0.341 | | Number of beadings (no.) | 18.4 ± 0.81 | 15.80 ± 2 | 0.244 | | Beadings density (no./mm) | 68.87 ± 2.32 | 61.44 ± 7.3 | 0.345 | | Nerve nerve fiber tortuosity | 5.16 ± 0.53 | 5.88 ± 0.50 | 0.336 |
| | Male | Healthy control (n = 9) | T1DM (n = 9) | value | | Age (mean ± SD) | 42.89 ± 2.52 | 35.22 ± 3.21 | 0.079 | | Nerve fiber length (µm/frame) | 1415.42 ± 132.39 | 697.96 ± 101.48 | 0.001 | | Nerve fiber length density (µm/mm2) | 15932.77 ± 1489.73 | 7978.80 ± 1158.24 | 0.001 | | Number of fibers (no./mm2) | 8.78 ± 0.83 | 4.11 ± 0.75 | 0.001 | | Number of branchings (no.) | 3.89 ± 0.73 | 1.78 ± 0.57 | 0.026 | | Number of beadings (no.) | 21.11 ± 1.36 | 16.67 ± 1.21 | 0.029 | | Beadings density (no./mm) | 74.16 ± 4.23 | 70.27 ± 6.91 | 0.637 | | Nerve fiber tortuosity | 6.98 ± 0.09 | 5.30 ± 0.65 | 0.070 |
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