Abstract:Objective To study the correlation between anterior eye biometrics and different degrees of retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM).Methods A total of 156 T2DM patients in our hospital from March 2019 to March 2021 were selected and divided into non-DR (NDR) group (51 cases), non-proliferative DR (NPDR) group (54 cases), and proliferative DR (PDR) group (51 cases), according to the degree of diabetic retinopathy (DR). The biometric values of the anterior segment of the eye in patients with DR with different disease severity were compared. The correlation among corneal thickness, anterior chamber depth, axial length and the degree of DR lesions were analyzed by Spearman correlation analysis method. The general data of patients with different DR lesions were compared. The influencing factors of PDR were analyzed by Logistic regression analysis method.Results Compared with the NDR group, the spherical lens refractive power was increased in the NPDR group and the PDR group, in which the corneal thickness was increased and the anterior chamber depth were shallow, of which the axial length were shortened (P < 0.05). Compared with the NPDR group, the corneal thickness was increased in the PDR group, in which the depth of the chamber was shallower and the length of the eye axis was shortened (P < 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in the spherical lens refractive power between the NPDR group and the PDR group (P > 0.05). Spearman correlation analysis showed that corneal thickness was positively correlated with the degree of DR lesions (rs = 0.882, P = 0.000), and the anterior chamber depth and axial length were negatively correlated with the degree of DR lesions (rs =- 0.921 and -0.886, all P = 0.000). Compared with the NPDR group, the duration of T2DM was prolonged in the PDR group, in which the proportion of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) and the level of urinary microalbumin (mALB) were increased (P < 0.05). The Logistic analysis showed that T2DM had a long course of disease [O^R = 6.404 (95% CI: 3.358, 9.451)], DPN [O^R = 2.591 (95% CI: 1.153, 4.029)], and high levels of mALB [O^R = 3.353 (95% CI: 2.365, 4.342)], thick corneal thickness [O^R = 3.200 (95% CI: 2.086, 4.313)], shallow anterior chamber depth [O^R = 0.384 (95% CI: 0.124, 0.645) ], and short axial length [O^R = 0.408 (95% CI: 0.245, 0.571) ] were all risk factors for PDR (P < 0.05).Conclusion Corneal thickness, anterior chamber depth, and axial length are related to the degree of DR. Thick corneal thickness is a risk factor for PDR. Deep anterior chamber depth and long axial length are all protective factors.