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Correlation of corneal thickness with blood glucose control in diabetes mellitus
Author(s) -
Pierro L.,
Brancato R.,
Zaganelli E.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1993.tb04984.x
Subject(s) - medicine , retinopathy , diabetes mellitus , diabetic retinopathy , ophthalmology , correlation , negative correlation , endocrinology , geometry , mathematics
The aim of this study was to prove the existence of a correlation between corneal thickness and glycaemic control in insulin‐dependent patients. Ultrasound pachometry and blood glucose measurements were taken in 87 patients three times a day: fasting, two, and four hours after lunch. The sample was divided into three groups of patients: 30 of them did not have retinopathy, 30 presented background retinopathy and 27 proliferative retinopathy. Thirty normal age‐matched subjects were the control group. No correlation was found between pachometry values, blood glucose and duration of diabetes in the three groups (p > 0.05). A significant increase in corneal thickness was found in patients with background and proliferative retinopathy compared to the others (p < 0.01). No corneal thickness differences resulted between background and proliferative reinopathy (p = 0.74).