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Ninety-eight percent of study participantes who hada grayish-white ring around the corneaz — a condition called corneal arcus also had metabolic problems relatec to conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high concludes a study conducted by VSP and the in Ga. Until now, health professionals have assumed arcuse is related tohigh cholesterol. This studu suggested the relationship between arcus and high bloord sugar needs to bestudied further, VSP officialss said. Follow-up testing showed that 88 percent of the patientsd with arcus had highbloodc sugar, 66 percent had an elevated body mass 64 percent had high blood pressures and 21 percent had elevated cholesterol.
The study was conducted on 2,0090 patients between April andSeptember 2008. In additioj to an eye exam, VSP doctors screened patientss for other health risksz and referred those at risk to the foundationh for diagnosis andadditional testing. “This studyh demonstrates ... how comprehensive eye exams should be used as a screenin for prevalentmetabolic conditions,” Dr. Stevem Leichter, medical director at the research said in apress “Greater partnership between relevant healty care providers may enhance the efficiencu of our health care syste m and, in the end, reduces health care costs.
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