Variation in central corneal thickness in diabetes: A comparative prospective study at a tertiary care hospital

Abstract

Diabetes being the greatest challenge of the century and the fact that it affects almost all of the tissues and organs in the body warrants research into the effects of diabetes on every structure. This study was designed with the aim of finding out any association between diabetes and central corneal thickness and to evaluate the effect of diabetes treatment on central corneal thickness. and non-diabetic A comparative prospective study was conducted to evaluate the effect of on CCT. A total of 84 subjects were studied which included 42 diabetics. After thorough systemic and ocular CCT was measured using ultrasound pachymeter. The study was initiated after obtaining ethical clearance from the ethical clearance committee. The collected data was analysed using SPSS software version 20.0. to bring to light the effects of diabetes on corneal thickness, which in turn might affect even the management of glaucoma. We evaluated a group of diabetics and compared them with matched controls. After conducting this study we arrived at a conclusion that central corneal thickness is increased in diabetics and that control of diabetes doesn’t have a significant effect on central corneal thickness.