Comparison of optic disc topography in non-glaucomatous eyes of children with juvenile diabetes mellitus and normal children.
OBJECTIVE
To compare the optic disc topography parameters of children with juvenile diabetes mellitus and normal children using the Heidelberg Retinal Tomograph (HRT III) (Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany).


METHODS
The topographic optic disc parameters (cup volume, cup area, rim volume, rim area, disc area, mean cup-to-disc ratio, and mean cup depth) of 28 non-glaucomatous eyes of 28 children with type 1 diabetes mellitus and 28 eyes of 28 age-matched healthy children were compared using the nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test.


RESULTS
No statistically significant differences were found between cup volume (P = .782), cup area (P = .878), rim volume (P = .853), disc area (P = .452), mean cup-to-disc ratio (P = .852), and mean cup depth (P = .711) of eyes of cases with diabetes mellitus and normal subjects.


CONCLUSIONS
This result suggests that non-glaucomatous eyes of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus and healthy subjects have similar topographic optic disc characteristics.
Elgin
Ufuk
U
Ulucanlar Eye Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Cankaya
Bülent
B
Simsek
Tulay
T
Batman
Aygen
A
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000473:pathology*; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014054:Tomography