Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
Print ISSN: 2395-1443
Online ISSN: 2395-1451
CODEN : IJCEKF
Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (IJCEO) is open access, a peer-reviewed medical journal, published quarterly, online, and in print, by the Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation (IESRF) since 2015. To fulfil our aim of rapid dissemination of knowledge, we publish articles ‘Ahead of Print’ on acceptance. In addition, the journal allows free access (Open Access) to its content, which is likely to attract more readers and citations of articles published in IJCEO. Manuscripts must be prepared in more...Original Article
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Volume : 10, Issue : 4, Year : 2024
Article Page : 667-671
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijceo.2024.117
Abstract
Objectives: To investigate the effect of chronic hyperglycemia as determined by high glycated hemoglobin on intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with diabetes & to recognize the patients at high risk of developing glaucoma.
Materials and Methods: 100 patients (n=200 eyes) of age 40 years and above were studied in five groups. They were grouped as diabetic patients without diabetic retinopathy, mild/moderate/ severe non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, and proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Data recorded were age, sex, intraocular pressure by noncontact tonometer and grades of diabetic retinopathy in each eye.
Results: Mean IOP was found to be 15±2.81mmHg in patients with HbA1c levels between 6-8%, 14.81±2.63 mmHg in patients with HbA1c levels between 8-10% and 17.423±3.05 mmHg in patients with HbA1c more than 10%. Out of 100 patients, a total of 16 patients had IOP more than 20mmHg in one or both the eyes. The Pearson correlation between HbA1c and IOP was 0.305, with a p value of 0.001 indicating statistical significance. Additionally, it has been found that the correlation between HbA1c levels and IOP is non-linear.
Conclusions: Our results showed that hyperglycemic levels as determined by increased HbA1c levels were found to be associated with increased IOP in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
Keywords: Glaucoma, Diabetes, intraocular pressure.
How to cite : Suresh K, Acharlu P B, Vijayalekshmi S, Srivastava V K, Effect of glycated hemoglobin levels on intraocular pressure in patients with diabetes mellitus. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2024;10(4):667-671
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