Relationship between anthropometric and biochemical changes of metabolic syndrome with retinal nerve fiber layer and macular thickness.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and macular thicknesses and identify systemic risk factors for thinning of these layers in patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS).

Methodology

A cross-sectional observational study was performed on patients diagnosed with MetS and compared to normal controls. All patients underwent ophthalmic and anthropometric examination, serological and biochemical blood investigations; and ocular imaging using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. Patients with ocular pathology were excluded. Unpaired t-test was used to compare mean thickness between the two groups. One-way ANOVA with Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons was used to compare mean thickness between different tertiles of MetS parameters, and a gen

SUBMITTER: New SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7906412 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature