Corneal characteristics of Mongolian population with type 2 diabetic peripheral neuropathy in inner Mongolia, China: an assessment using corneal confocal microscopy

Table 6 Correlation analysis of corneal nerve fiber parameters in Mongolian population (n = 33)

	CNFD		CNBD		CNFL
	The correlation coefficient	P value	The correlation coefficient	P value	The correlation coefficient	P value
Diabetes duration	-0.071²⁾	0.694	-0.096²⁾	0.596	-0.190^b	0.289
Age	-0.078²⁾	0.665	-0.312²⁾	0.077	-0.368^b	0.035
Waist circumference	-0.052¹⁾	0.772	0.004¹⁾	0.980	0.008^a	0.967
BMI	-0.030¹⁾	0.868	-0.078¹⁾	0.666	-0.011^a	0.950
MALB	-0.184²⁾	0.304	-0.218²⁾	0.224	-0.272^b	0.126
HbA1c	-0.088¹⁾	0.627	0.099¹⁾	0.583	-0.014^a	0.938
ALT	-0.076²⁾	0.675	0.015²⁾	0.934	0.062^b	0.730
AST	0.012²⁾	0.947	0.261²⁾	0.142	0.206^b	0.251
GGT	-0.108²⁾	0.550	-0.010²⁾	0.956	0.020^b	0.914
PFG	-0.286¹⁾	0.106	0.065¹⁾	0.718	0.030^a	0.870
CREA	0.069¹⁾	0.701	0.202¹⁾	0.260	0.155^a	0.390
UA	0.044¹⁾	0.807	0.109¹⁾	0.545	0.070^a	0.698
CHOL	0.040¹⁾	0.823	0.039¹⁾	0.831	0.185^a	0.302
TG	-0.267²⁾	0.134	-0.338²⁾	0.055	-0.245^b	0.154
HDLC	-0.026²⁾	0.888	0.012²⁾	0.947	0.006^b	0.973
LDLC	0.184¹⁾	0.304	0.163¹⁾	0.365	0.291^a	0.101

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