Table 3. Correlation between morphological parameters of corneal epithelial basal cells and corneal nerve pathology or clinical measures.

	Density of CEBC		CEBC area		CV of CEBC area		Intercellular space of CEBC
	β	P	β	P	β	P	β	P
Age	0.256	0.085	−0.195	0.172	−0.193	0.181	−0.054	0.720
BMI	0.167	0.252	−0.220	0.131	−0.178	0.221	0.130	0.381
Duration of type 2 diabetes	−0.003	0.980	−0.273	0.035	0.055	0.674	0.049	0.719
HbA1c	−0.123	0.319	0.032	0.790	0.073	0.545	−0.013	0.921
SBP	−0.075	0.572	0.198	0.169	−0.10	0.940	−0.010	0.943
Density of CEBC			−0.657	0.0001	−0.155	0.196	−0.273	0.025
CEBC area	−0.706	0.0001			−0.333	0.007	0.192	0.133
CV of CEBC area	−0.158	0.196	−0.310	0.007			0.041	0.738
Intercellular space of CEBC	−0.261	0.025	0.171	0.133	0.041	0.738
Corneal nerve fiber density	−0.115	0.355	−0.033	0.783	0.076	0.548	0.130	0.306
Corneal nerve fiber length	−0.103	0.411	−0.059	0.628	0.123	0.345	0.182	0.156
Corneal nerve branch density	−0.115	0.355	−0.080	0.512	0.069	0.597	0.201	0.142
Corneal nerve branch length	0.212	0.104	−0.092	0.469	0.164	0.209	0.204	0.143
Tortuosity grade	0.103	0.431	0.048	0.706	−0.171	0.169	−0.196	0.130
Beading frequency	−0.267	0.024	0.243	0.038	−0.031	0.804	0.197	0.115
PT‐INR	0.359	0.002	−0.217	0.144	−0.305	0.010	−0.028	0.821
APTT	0.279	0.025	−0.202	0.094	−0.159	0.221	0.195	0.128
Fibrinogen	−0.078	0.516	0.181	0.194	0.493	0.0001	−0.001	0.995

APTT, activated partial thromboplastin time; BMI, body mass index; CEBC, corneal epithelial basal cell; CV, coefficient of variation; PT‐INR, prothrombin time international normalizing ratio; SBP, systolic blood pressure.