Association of Metabolic Syndrome With Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension in a Midwest United States Population.

ABSTRACT:

Prcis

For patients with glaucoma, metabolic syndrome was associated with higher intraocular pressure and greater central corneal thickness. Patients with metabolic syndrome were more likely to have ocular hypertension.

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to determine whether glaucomatous optic neuropathy, also known as glaucoma, and ocular hypertension are more likely to occur in patients with metabolic syndrome.

Patients and methods

Patients in Olmsted County, MN, were identified as having metabolic syndrome based on diagnosis codes, laboratory values, and/or medication use to meet 3 or more of the 5 standard criteria for diagnosing metabolic syndrome: systemic hypertension, hyperglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia, reduced high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and cent

SUBMITTER: Wu KY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9337265 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature