Presence and Risk Factors for Glaucoma in Patients with Diabetes.
Curr Diab Rep
; 16(12): 124, 2016 12.
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ABSTRACT
Diabetes mellitus represents a growing international public health issue with a near quadrupling in its worldwide prevalence since 1980. Though it has many known microvascular complications, vision loss from diabetic retinopathy is one of the most devastating for affected individuals. In addition, there is increasing evidence to suggest that diabetic patients have a greater risk for glaucoma as well. Though the pathophysiology of glaucoma is not completely understood, both diabetes and glaucoma appear to share some common risk factors and pathophysiologic similarities with studies also reporting that the presence of diabetes and elevated fasting glucose levels are associated with elevated intraocular pressure-the primary risk factor for glaucomatous optic neuropathy. While no study has completely addressed the possibility of detection bias, most recent epidemiologic evidence suggests that diabetic populations are likely enriched with glaucoma patients. As the association between diabetes and glaucoma becomes better defined, routine evaluation for glaucoma in diabetic patients, particularly in the telemedicine setting, may become a reasonable consideration to reduce the risk of vision loss in these patients.
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Glaucoma
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Retinopatia Diabética
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Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Humans
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En
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Curr Diab Rep
Assunto da revista:
ENDOCRINOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2016
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Article
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Estados Unidos