Volume : VII, Issue : IX, September - 2018

Effect of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on the occurrence of Senile Cataract.

K. M. Chitra Devi

Abstract :

Cataract is a leading cause for blindness worldwide. Currently type 2 diabetes mellitus is on increasing scenario. This study is aimed to assess the effect of type 2 diabetes mellitus on the age of occurrence of senile cataract. Study group includes BMI matched, male, bilateral immature senile cataract persons. Among them controls were 50 persons with normal blood glucose levels and cases were 50 patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitusas per ADA criteria. The age factor was compared between the two groups by Student’s t test. The mean age was 65.84 years among controls and 58.16 years among diabetics which is 7.68 years earlier, compå the controls (p value – 0.0001).It is inferred that the occurrence of senile cataract is at an early age in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, compå the normoglycemic persons.

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K.M.Chitra Devi, Effect of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on the occurrence of Senile Cataract., PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-9 | September-2018

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