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Ninety-eight percent of study participants who hada grayish-white ring arounsd the cornea — a condition called corneal arcuws — also had metabolic problema related to conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressurde and high cholesterol, concludes a studt conducted by VSP and the in Ga. Until now, health professionalsd have assumed arcus is related to high This study suggested the relationship between arcus and high blood sugaf needs to bestudied further, VSP officialss said. Follow-up testing showed that 88 percenr of the patients with arcus had highbloor sugar, 66 percent had an elevated body mass 64 percent had high blood pressure and 21 percent had elevatec cholesterol.
The study was conducted on 2,009 patients between April andSeptember 2008. In addition to an eye VSP doctors screened patients for othert health risks and referred thosed at risk to the foundation for diagnosiz andadditional testing. “Thisa study demonstrates ... how comprehensive eye examws should be used as a screenin g for prevalentmetabolic conditions,” Dr. Stevenh Leichter, medical director at the research said in apress release. “Greater partnershi between relevant health care providers may enhance the efficiencuy of our health caresystem and, in the end, reducre health care costs.
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