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Table 4 The correlation coefficients among anterior corneal topographic indices, HbA1c and fasting blood sugar levels in diabetic and non-diabetic groups

From: Corneal topographic indices of scheimpflug camera in type 2 diabetic and non-diabetic elderly populations

  

FBS

HbA1c

P-value*

r

P-value*

r

K1 (D)

Diabetic group

0.238

0.057

0.820

0.011

Non-diabetic group

0.010

0.099

0.918

0.004

K2 (D)

Diabetic group

0.119

0.075

0.708

0.018

Non-diabetic group

0.007

0.103

0.373

0.034

Mean K (D)

Diabetic group

0.148

0.070

0.744

0.016

Non-diabetic group

0.009

0.100

0.560

0.022

Kmax (D)

Diabetic group

0.498

0.033

0.992

0.000

Non-diabetic group

0.024

0.087

0.362

0.035

Q-value

Diabetic group

0.720

0.017

0.403

-0.040

Non-diabetic group

0.479

0.027

0.912

-0.004

ISV

Diabetic group

0.541

-0.030

0.731

0.017

Non-diabetic group

0.546

-0.023

0.096

0.064

IVA (mm)

Diabetic group

0.122

-0.075

0.749

-0.016

Non-diabetic group

0.308

-0.039

0.735

0.013

KI

Diabetic group

0.390

-0.042

0.159

-0.068

Non-diabetic group

0.859

0.007

0.772

0.011

CKI

Diabetic group

0.130

-0.073

0.823

-0.011

Non-diabetic group

0.753

-0.012

0.589

-0.021

IHA (µm)

Diabetic group

0.107

-0.078

0.674

-0.020

Non-diabetic group

0.449

-0.029

0.534

-0.024

IHD (µm)

Diabetic group

0.524

-0.031

0.884

-0.007

Non-diabetic group

0.424

0.031

0.682

-0.016

PPImin

Diabetic group

0.022

0.110

0.672

0.021

Non-diabetic group

0.244

-0.045

0.761

-0.012

PPIavg

Diabetic group

0.243

0.056

0.784

-0.013

Non-diabetic group

0.135

-0.058

0.996

0.000

PPImax

Diabetic group

0.469

0.035

0.605

-0.025

Non-diabetic group

0.462

-0.028

0.690

0.015

I-S value

Diabetic group

0.088

-0.082

0.016

-0.117

Non-diabetic group

0.636

0.018

0.790

0.010

ARC (mm)

Diabetic group

0.082

-0.084

0.859

-0.009

Non-diabetic group

0.037

-0.080

0.392

-0.033

PRC (mm)

Diabetic group

0.018

-0.114

0.933

-0.004

Non-diabetic group

0.544

-0.023

0.425

-0.031

  1. K1: flat keratometry; K2: steep keratometry; Kmax: maximum keratometry; ISV: Index of surface variance; IVA: Index of vertical asymmetry; KI: Keratoconus index; CKI: Central keratoconus index; IHA: Index of height asymmetry; IHD: Index of height decentration; PPI: pachymetric progressive index; Min: minimum; Max: maximum; Avg: average; I-S: inferior-superior; ARC: anterior average radius of curvature; PRC: posterior average radius of curvature; HbA1c: glycosylated hemoglobin; FBS: fasting blood sugar.* The Spearman’s Rank Correlation Test. P < 0.05 is statistically significant. Bold values are statistically significant