Study on the correlation between iris blood flow, iris thickness and pupil diameter in the resting state and after pharmacological mydriasis in patients with diabetes mellitus

Table 1 Basic and ophthalmic examinations of all participants

Parameters	Healthy Kids	T1DM Kids	P value	Healthy Adults	T2DM Adults	P value
Parameters	N = 36	N = 34	P value	N = 50	N = 52	P value
Best-corrected visual acuity (log MAR)	-0.01 ± 0.03	-0.01 ± 0.04	0.450	0.43 ± 0.32	0.45 ± 0.40	0.331
Age	13.86 ± 2.37	14.38 ± 3.26	0.987	66.27 ± 8.18	68.16 ± 9.83	0.307
Sex	18Males,50%	17Males,50%	0.716	22Males, 44.0%	30Males, 57.7%	0.199
Height	157.76 ± 13.12	159.61 ± 13.15	0.731	1.65 ± 0.07	1.66 ± 0.09	0.577
Weight	51.92 ± 10.85	53.29 ± 13	0.239	65.44 ± 11.21	64.43 ± 12.51	0.735
Systolic Pressure	115.19 ± 11.00	116.73 ± 14.03	0.620	131.56 ± 18.21	134.35 ± 18.88	0.502
Diastolic Pressure	65.10 ± 10.75	67.48 ± 8.08	0.997	80.12 ± 12.90	75.43 ± 14.13	0.125
Axial Length	24.57 ± 0.91	24.62 ± 1.18	0.942	25.12 ± 2.08	24.36 ± 2.77	0.420
Refractive Error Spherical Equivalent	-3.08 ± 1.84	-2.63 ± 2.42	0.373	N/A	N/A	N/A
Intraocular Pressure	15.90 ± 2.32	17.02 ± 2.80	0.257	14.95 ± 3.40	14.85 ± 3.29	0.897

T1DM = type 1 diabetes mellitus; T2DM = type 2 diabetes mellitus
Since adult subjects had varying degrees of cataract and crystalline myopia, refractive error spherical equivalent was not collected

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