OBJECTIVE: To prove the existence of a correlation between central corneal thickness and diabetes. METHODS: Ultrasound pachymetry measurements were made in 1,000 patients. The sample was divided into two groups of patients: 953 of them were non-diabetic patients, and 47 were diabetic patients. RESULTS: The average central corneal thickness in diabetic patients was 571.96 +/- 26.81 microns with a range between 514 and 626. The average central corneal thickness found in non-diabetic patients was 544.89 +/- 35.36 microns with range of 448 to 649. The increase in central corneal thickness found in diabetic patients compared to non-diabetic patients was statistically significant (p<0.001, Student "t" test). CONCLUSIONS: We found that diabetic patients had an increased central corneal thickness when compared with non-diabetic patients.
OBJECTIVE: To prove the existence of a correlation between central corneal thickness and diabetes. METHODS: Ultrasound pachymetry measurements were made in 1,000 patients. The sample was divided into two groups of patients: 953 of them were non-diabeticpatients, and 47 were diabeticpatients. RESULTS: The average central corneal thickness in diabeticpatients was 571.96 +/- 26.81 microns with a range between 514 and 626. The average central corneal thickness found in non-diabeticpatients was 544.89 +/- 35.36 microns with range of 448 to 649. The increase in central corneal thickness found in diabeticpatients compared to non-diabeticpatients was statistically significant (p<0.001, Student "t" test). CONCLUSIONS: We found that diabeticpatients had an increased central corneal thickness when compared with non-diabeticpatients.
Authors: María I Soro-Martínez; María P Villegas-Pérez; Paloma Sobrado-Calvo; José M Ruiz-Gómez; Jaime Miralles de Imperial Mora-Figueroa Journal: Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol Date: 2009-10-16 Impact factor: 3.117