ObjectiveTo observe the features of the full field electroretinogram (FF-ERG) in type 1 diabetes (T1D) children without diabetic retinopathy (DR). MethodsRetrospective case study. Forty-one T1D children and 25 age-matched normal controls underwent a complete ophthalmic examination, including best-corrected visual acuity, refraction, intraocular pressure, slit lamp, fundus photography, indirect ophthalmoscopy, and spectral domain optical coherence tomography to exclude DR. All FF-ERG tests were performed by an experienced technician. The ERG series includes six protocols: dark-adapted 0.01 ERG (r-b 0.01); dark-adapted 3 ERG (mix-a 3.0, mix-b 3.0); dark-adapted 10 ERG (mix-a 10.0, mix-b 10.0); dark-adapted oscillatory potentials (OPS); light-adapted 3 ERG (c-a 3.0, c-b 3.0); light-adapted 30 Hz flicker (30 Hz FP) ERG. To compare the amplitudes and implicit times of the FF-ERG between the T1D and control group children. ResultsCompared with the control subjects, the FF-ERG amplitudes decreased and the implicit times increased in T1D. Except for r-b 0.01 (t=-0.228, P > 0.05), the amplitudes of other FF-ERGs were all significantly attenuated (t=-1.664, -3.645, -4.324, -6.123, -5.846, -12.9, -14.4, -5.23; P < 0.05) in T1D children. The implicit times of mix-b 3.0, mix-b 10.0, c-b 3.0 and OP2 significantly increased (t=5.242, 2.879, 5.378, 3.506; P < 0.05). The implicit times of r-b 0.01, mix-a 3.0, mix-a 10.0, c-a 3.0 and 30Hz FP changes were not significantly (t=2.331, 1.677, 0.557, 0.84, 0.064; P > 0.05). ConclusionThe FF-ERG amplitudes decreased and implicit times increased in T1D children compared with the control normal subjects.