Plasma citrate concentration: a possible biomarker for glaucoma in children.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The main aim of the present study was to examine a possible role of plasma and urine citrate levels as glaucoma indicators in school-aged children with glaucoma diagnosis.

Patients

34 school-aged children with a glaucoma diagnosis (mean age 15.69±1.86 years) were qualified for the study group and 34 patients with no ophthalmological ailments were qualified for the control group (mean age 16.1±1.98 years). Plasma and urine citrate levels in the study and the control group (Kruskal-Wallis test) were compared.

Results

Plasma citrate levels in the study (16.33±4.51 mg/L) and the control group (19.11±3.66 mg/L) were different; the statistical significance (p=0.0036). Plasma citrate concentrations were significantly lower in the study group in comparison with the

SUBMITTER: Michalczuk M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5843004 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature