[Variation of central corneal thickness in diabetic patients as detected by ultrasonic pachymetry].
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.
Claramonte
P J
PJ
Vissum-Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante, Alicante, Spain. pjclaramonte@ono.com
Ruiz-Moreno
J M
JM
Sánchez-Pérez
S I
SI
León
M
M
Griñó
C
C
Cerviño
V D
VD
Alió
J L
JL
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D003315:Cornea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D019781:Corneal Topography; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014465:Ultrasonics; D014463:Ultrasonography