Klein B E, Klein R, Jensen S C
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison 53792-3220.
Ophthalmology. 1994 Jul;101(7):1173-7. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(94)31191-2.
To evaluate the relation of older-onset diabetes to open-angle glaucoma.
During a population-based study of age-related eye disease (n = 4926), participants were evaluated for the presence of glaucoma. Glycosylated hemoglobin levels were measured, and a medical history was obtained.
Rates of persons meeting optic disc, visual field, and intraocular pressure criteria for definite glaucoma were more common in those with older-onset diabetes than in those without (4.2% versus 2.0%; P = 0.004). When persons with a history of treated glaucoma, despite whether they met the other criteria for glaucoma, were included, rates were 7.8% in those with diabetes compared with 3.9% in those without diabetes (P = 0.0005).
The presence of open-angle glaucoma is increased in people with older-onset diabetes.
