Table 2. Morphological parameters of erythrocyte between normal and diabetic groups.

	Control	DM (3 days)	DM (7 days)	DM (20 days)
Perimeter (μm)	20.96 ± 1.11	20.42 ± 0.76	21.33 ± 0.81	20.73 ± 0.75
2D area (μm2)	44.01 ± 2.40	41.14 ± 3.25**	44.53 ± 2.07	42.38 ± 2.59
Perimeter/Area (μm−1)	0.48 ± 0.02	0.50 ± 0.02**	0.49 ± 0.02*	0.49 ± 0.01**
Volume (fL)	81.71 ± 12.59	88.88 ± 10.94	88.57 ± 8.26	87.03 ± 9.89
3D surface area (μm2)	111.20 ± 12.34	107.08 ± 9.07	111.32 ± 8.18	111.20 ± 5.91
Surface area/volume (μm−1)	1.37 ± 0.10	1.22 ± 0.16**	1.26 ± 0.12**	1.29 ± 0.15*

Each value represents mean ± standard deviation.

^*p < 0.1, ^**p < 0.05: significant difference from the control group.