title: [Assessment of central corneal thickness in children with diabetus mellitus type I].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the correlations between central corneal thickness and type 1 diabetes in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Central corneal thickness was measured for one hundred children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (study group) and one hundred healthy children (control group), using TOPCON TRK-1P autorefractokeratotonometer.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average central corneal thickness in diabetic children was 541.13 +/- 30,985 microns for the right eye and 538.28 +/- 32, 773 microns for the left eye; in control group--528.11 +/- 33,565 microns for the right eye and 526.89 +/- 30,483 microns for the left eye.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diabetic children have a significantly increased central corneal thickness when compared with non-diabetic children.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tiutiuca
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology*; D063171:Corneal Pachymetry / Q000379:methods; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment