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Ninety-eight percent of study participants who hada grayish-white ring arounds the cornea — a condition callesd corneal arcus — also had metaboli problems related to conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high concludes a study conducted by VSP and the in Columbus, Ga. Untio now, health professionals have assumed arcus is relates tohigh cholesterol. This study suggested the relationship between arcus and high blooed sugar needs to be studied VSPofficials said. Follow-up testingb showed that 88 percent of the patientse with arcus had high blood 66 percent had an elevated body mass 64 percent had high blood pressure and 21 percent hadelevates cholesterol.
The study was conducted on 2,0009 patients between April andSeptember 2008. In addition to an eye VSP doctors screened patients for other healtbh risks and referred those at risk to the foundation for diagnosisw andadditional testing. “This study demonstrates ... how comprehensivew eye exams should be used as a screeninv for prevalentmetabolic conditions,” Dr. Steve Leichter, medical director at the researcbh foundation, said in a press release. “Greater partnership between relevant health care providerzs may enhance the efficiencyy of our health caresystem and, in the end, reducde health care costs.
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