Abstract

CORRELATION OF INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE WITH BLOOD PRESSURE AND BODY MASS INDEX IN OFFSPRINGS OF DIABETIC PATIENTS: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

Author(s):*Shailaja Patil1, Anita Herur2, Shashikala GV1, Surekharani Chinagudi2, Manjula R3, Roopa Ankad1, Sukanya Badami1, Brid SV4

Raised intraocular pressure (IOP) has been associated with risk factors like hypertension, diabetes mellitus (DM), obesity, body mass index (BMI) and sex, increasing the risk of glaucoma causing visual impairment and blindness. Since familial inheritance is known with glaucoma and DM, the aim was to study the IOP and its correlation with BMI and blood pressure (BP) in offsprings of DM and also to predict the future/early onset of glaucoma in them.

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