[Effect of diabetes mellitus on light scattering of the human lens].

Long-term changes in the light-scattering in clear lenses of diabetic patients were documented with the Scheimpflug camera. The initial cataract formations within defined layers of the lens were analyzed by standardized digital area densitometry. There was no statistically significant variation of the light-scattering between the individual layers. The results differ from other investigations based on the linear densitogram of the optical axis beam.