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Revista argentina de endocrinología y metabolismo
On-line version ISSN 1851-3034
Abstract
REYES, Juan Chavez et al. Type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients diagnosed with primary open angle glaucoma during the period 2010-2014. Rev. argent. endocrinol. metab. [online]. 2018, vol.55, n.2, pp.1-5. ISSN 1851-3034.
Objective
The association between diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) and Primary Open- Angle Glaucoma (POAG) is not clearly established yet. This study has the objective to identify the frequency of both diseases in patients of Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital during the period 2010-2014.
Methods
A retrospective, cross-sectional frequency was conducted on a sample of 283 patients over age 30 whose diagnosis was confirmed by examination of POAG tonometry, gonioscopy, perimetry and absence of secondary causes of increased intraocular pressure. ADA/OMS criteria were used to establish the diagnosis of DM2.
Results
The frequency of patients with diabetes diagnosed with POAG patients who were treated at the services of Emergency, Endocrinology and Ophthalmology of the Regional Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo, during the period 2010-2014, was 26.15% (74 of 283 patients) with significant differences between sex and place of residence.
Conclusions
The existence of a high proportion between DM2 and POAG was demonstrated by prevalence ratio.
Keywords : Diabetes mellitus; Open-angle glaucoma; Frequency.
