Non-invasive detection of early microvascular changes in juveniles with type 1 diabetes

Table 3 Correlations between capillaroscopic findings and selected clinical parameters in studied Group A

Features of the capillaroscopic image		Age (years)	BMI SDS	BF (%)	Skinfold arm (mm)	Skinfold abdomen (mm)	Skinfold subscapular (mm)	DID U/kg in sections
Enlarged capillaries	R_S	0.164	0.007	0.010	0.016	0.027	0.066	− 0.015
Enlarged capillaries	p	0.076	0.939	0.914	0.869	0.780	0.253	0.868
Meandering capillaries	R_S	0.129	0.260	0.215	0.257	0.218	0.295	− 0.029
Meandering capillaries	p	0.162	0.004	0.025	0.007	0.022	0.002	0.756
Tortuous capillaries	R_S	− 0.120	− 0.082	− 0.124	− 0.177	− 0.092	− 0.130	− 0.061
Tortuous capillaries	p	0.195	0.375	0.203	0.065	0.340	0.177	0.510
Elongated capillaries	R_S	− 0.010	0.139	− 0.173	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.013	0.021
Elongated capillaries	p	0.915	0.132	0.074	0.998	0.998	0.890	0.824
Bushy capillaries	R_S	-0.020	0.069	− 0.017	0.044	0.056	0.021	0.204
Bushy capillaries	p	0.827	0.456	0.861	0.649	0.562	0.826	0.026
Hemorrhages	R_S	0.121	0.099	− 0.069	− 0.019	0.038	0.034	0.194
Hemorrhages	p	0.193	0.288	0.480	0.844	0.691	0.722	0.036
Cap shaped hemorrhages	R_S	0.091	− 0.028	− 0.187	− 0.145	− 0.105	− 0.100	− t0.044
Cap shaped hemorrhages	p	0.329	0.764	0.052	0.131	0.274	0.300	0.640
Granular flow	R_S	− 0.002	− 0.201	− 0.212	− 0.252	− 0.071	0.102	− 0.004
Granular flow	p	0.983	0.029	0.213	0.008	0.460	0.291	0.968
Abnormal morphology	R_S	0.004	0.058	− 0.022	− 0.055	-0.038	− 0.010	− 0.048
Abnormal morphology	p	0.966	0.532	0.823	0.567	0.696	0.915	0.605
Severity scale	R_S	− 0.002	0.105	0.025	0.047	0.064	0.108	− 0.059
Severity scale	p	0.983	0.259	0.795	0.629	0.510	0.262	0.550

BMI-SDS body mass index standard deviation score, BF (%) body fat mass percentage, mm millimeters, DID daily insulin dose in units per kilogram expressed in sections (below 0.5 U/kg, between 0.5 U/kg and 1.0 U/kg, or above 1.0 U/kg), p level of significance, R_S Spearman’s rank coefficient

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