Table 2.

Retinal nerve fibre layer measurements patients with diabetes and normal controls

Parameter	Patients with type 1 DM	Normal control	p Value
Total polar integral (mm2)	0.588 (0.094)	0.605 (0.085)	0.64
Superior polar integral	0.190 (0.057)	0.232 (0.036)	0.03*
Temporal polar integral	0.052 (0.015)	0.048 (0.008)	0.36
Inferior polar integral	0.237 (0.510)	0.241 (0.036)	0.85
Nasal polar integral	0.060 (0.022)	0.145 (0.207)	0.35
Total polar average (μm)	66.30 (7.70)	72.80 (7.70)	0.05
Superior polar average	71.00 (11.05)	84.27 (10.56)	0.007*
Temporal polar average	40.14 (8.97)	41.37 (10.85)	0.76
Inferior polar average	78.8 (14.50)	86.90 (9.90)	0.17
Nasal polar average	51.01 (10.15)	52.30 (8.90)	0.74

*Significant differences. The values are the mean (SD) for 10 subjects in each group.