Assessment of Optical Attenuation and Skin Thickness in Type 2 Diabetes
Mellitus Patients Using Optical Coherence Tomography
Abstract
We conducted a clinical trial with 200 type 2 diabetes patients to
evaluate mμSORS for non-invasive blood glucose measurement. Using
Optical Coherence Tomography, we studied skin thickness and optical
attenuation in 172 diabetic and 26 healthy subjects. Results showed
thicker stratum corneum and stratum spinosum in diabetics. Epidermal
thickness increased with age and BMI, decreased with skin brightness,
and varied minimally with gender. Optical attenuation in stratum
spinosum was lower in diabetics, decreased with increasing a*, and was
minimally affected by gender and BMI but increased with age in the upper
dermis. These findings support mμSORS for accurate non-invasive glucose
monitoring.