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KMID : 1235920120040010001
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Medical Journal of Catholoc University of Daegu
2012 Volume.4 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.4
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Diabetes and Glaucoma
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Kim Jae-Woo
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Abstract
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While diabetes is an established risk factor for vascular disease and end-stage renal failure, and low blood flow has
been implicated as a potential risk factor in the pathophysiology of glaucoma, the relationship between diabetes and
glaucoma has been subject to much debate and controversy. Notwithstanding, more recent prospective well-designed studies such as the Barbados Eye Study, the Nurses’ Health Study, and The LALES are showing a positive association.
Selection bias, however, remains a potential confounder in a restricted population study set. Other reasons for the conflicting data regarding diabetes and glaucoma is the low prevalence of both diabetes and glaucoma as compared to
cardiovascular diseases, and the often equivocal nature of a glaucoma diagnosis leading to potential misclassification
and underreporting, thus biasing against an association. At the moment, the available evidence regarding the effect of diabetes on the development of glaucoma is equivocal. More prospective studies will be necessary to determine whether a causal or permissive relationship exists between diabetes and glaucoma.
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KEYWORD
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Diabetes, Glaucoma, Risk factor
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