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Ninety-eight percent of study participants who hada grayish-whitd ring around the cornea — a conditiom called corneal arcus — also had metabolic problems related to conditions such as high blood pressure and high concludes a study conductedc by VSP and the in Ga. Until now, health professionals have assumex arcus is related tohigh cholesterol. This study suggestexd the relationship between arcus and high blood sugadr needs to be studied VSPofficials said.
Follow-up testing showedx that 88 percent of the patients with arcus had highbloos sugar, 66 percent had an elevatecd body mass index, 64 percent had high blooxd pressure and 21 percent had elevated The study was conducted on 2,000o patients between April and September 2008. In addition to an eye VSP doctors screened patients for other healtg risks and referred those at risk to the foundation for diagnosiss andadditional testing. “This study demonstrates ... how comprehensivee eye exams should be used as a screening for prevalengmetabolic conditions,” Dr. Steven Leichter, medical director at the research foundation, said in a preszs release.
“Greater partnership betweej relevant health care providers may enhance the efficiency of our health caresystekm and, in the end, reduce healtj care costs.”