Early Alterations of Corneal Subbasal Plexus in Uncomplicated Type 1 Diabetes Patients

Table 6

Correlation r () of corneal parameters in the T1DM subgroup divided by sex and clinical data.

Corneal nerve parameters	Age		Age at onset		Duration of DM
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Nerve fiber length (µm/frame)	−0.347	0.051	0.403	0.441	−0.690 (0.040)	−0.620
Nerve fiber length density (µm/mm^2)	−0.398	0.051	0.372	0.441	−0.718 (0.029)	−0.620
Number of fibers (no./mm^2)	−0.391	0.180	0.267	0.470	−0.625	−0.498
Number of branchings (no.)	−0.578	0.615	−0.105	0.503	−0.517	0.011
Number of beadings (no.)	−0.215	−0.233	0.121	0.170	−0.323	−0.564
Beadings density (no./mm)	−0.243	−0.103	−0.360	0.182	−0.040	−0.416
Nerve fiber tortuosity	0.605	−0.045	0.508	−0.038	0.216	0.001