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Ninety-eight percent of study participants who hada grayish-whitd ring around the cornea — a condition called corneal arcu s — also had metabolixc problems related to conditions such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol, concludes a study conducteds by VSP and the in Columbus, Ga. Until now, healthj professionals have assumed arcus is related tohigh cholesterol. This studyu suggested the relationship between arcus and high bloodf sugar needs to bestudied further, VSP officials Follow-up testing showed that 88 percentr of the patients with arcus had high bloodx sugar, 66 percent had an elevated body mass index, 64 percent had high blooe pressure and 21 percent had elevated cholesterol.
The studyh was conducted on 2,000 patientsd between April andSeptember 2008. In additionb to an eye VSP doctors screened patients for other health riskd and referred those at risk to the foundation for diagnosid andadditional testing. “This study demonstrates ... how comprehensive eye examw should be used as a screening for prevalentmetabolid conditions,” Dr. Steven Leichter, medica l director at the research foundation, said in a presz release.
“Greater partnership between relevant health care providerz may enhance the efficiency of our health caresystem and, in the end, reduce health care
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