A study of correlation between HbA1c level & corneal thickness in diabetes mellitus patients
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction The purpose of this study is to find out the association of duration of diabetes and increased HbA1c level with corneal thickness in patients of DMMaterials and Methods After obtaining approval by lsquoSumandeep Vidyapeeth Institutional Ethical Committeersquo a comprised study of 150 typeII DM patients were conducted only left eye included All the patients underwent complete ophthalmic examination and all study procedure was performed after obtaining informed consent from all patients and in accordance with declaration of HelsinkiResult The mean CCT of patients with DM lt7 years was 5431 SD 2351 and that of patients with duration of DM ge 7 years was 54695 SD 2523 The difference was statistically insignificant p value 0335 The mean CCT of patients with HbA1c lt7 was 5453 SD 2431 and that of patients with HbA1c ge 7 was 5451 SD 2463 The difference was statistically insignificant p value 096Conclusion In our study we conclude that corneal thickness is not affected by DM its duration and HbA1c levelsKeywords Central Corneal Thickness Diabetes Mellitus HbA1c
Authors and Affiliations
Rajni Sethia, Aakash Patel, Harita Shah, Roshani Patel, Toral Rajput
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