Research of the Correlation Between Metabolic Syndrome, Retinal Thickness and Visual Acuity

Taipei Medical University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Visual Acuity

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01219478

99028

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purpose: To investigate the relationship between retinal thickness (RT) and metabolic risks (MRs) in patients without retinal lesion.

Methods: Fifty-two patients over 60 y/o were divided into four groups according to their MRs of hypertension, hyperlipidemia or hyperglyceremia. After complete ophthalmic examination, optical coherence tomography was performed to measure RT.

Enrollment

100 patients

Sex

All

Ages

65+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

We enrolled the patients included age more than 60 years old, no positive finding during dilated fundus examination.

Exclusion criteria

The exclusion criteria were as followed:
- systemic disease that will affect visual acuity evaluation (for example: CVA), *opaque cornea and vitreous
- glaucoma
- uvietis and other clinically established ocular disease.
According to the LOCS III11, those who had nuclear opalescence, nuclear color more than grade 3 or any grade of cortical cataract and posterior subcapsular cataract were also eliminated.