Research of the Correlation Between Metabolic Syndrome, Retinal Thickness and Visual Acuity

Completed

• Conditions: Visual Acuity

• Registration Number: NCT01219478
• Lead Sponsor: Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital

Brief Summary

Purpose: To investigate the relationship between retinal thickness (RT) and metabolic risks (MRs) in patients without retinal lesion.

Methods: Fifty-two patients over 60 y/o were divided into four groups according to their MRs of hypertension, hyperlipidemia or hyperglyceremia. After complete ophthalmic examination, optical coherence tomography was performed to measure RT.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-01
• Study Completion: 2009-12
• Study First Submitted: 2010-10-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-10-12
• Study First Posted: 2010-10-13
• Status Verified: 2010-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-12-19
• Last Update Posted: 2010-12-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• We enrolled the patients included age more than 60 years old, no positive finding during dilated fundus examination.

Exclusion Criteria

• The exclusion criteria were as followed:

  • systemic disease that will affect visual acuity evaluation (for example: CVA), *opaque cornea and vitreous
  • glaucoma
  • uvietis and other clinically established ocular disease.

• According to the LOCS III11, those who had nuclear opalescence, nuclear color more than grade 3 or any grade of cortical cataract and posterior subcapsular cataract were also eliminated.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Taipei Medical University - WanFang Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taiwan