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IJHRMLP, Vol: 03 No: 01 January, 2017 Prevalence of glaucoma amongst diabetic patients attending a
Printed in India tertiary health care in North Eastern India
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like Bankes20, Tielsch JM et al21 in the Baltimore Eye Survey diabetic patients with POAG (38.09%). (6) None of the patients
did not find any relationship between diabetes and POAG. with PDR were found to have POAG.
In this study, IOP was found to be within the normal limits (<22 Conflict of interest: None declared
mm Hg) by Applanation tonometry in all the 96 patients out of Ethical clearance: Taken
124 (77.42%) suffering from PDR without secondary neovascular
Source of funding: None declared
glaucoma. Similar observations were made by many workers.
22,23,24
It could be due to increased interstitial pressure and thereby Declarations: (1) The article is original with the author(s) and
decreasing transcapillary pressure. Or the condition of POAG does not infringe any copyright or violate any right of any third
might play a protective role in the development of retinopathy.24 parties; (2) The article has not been published(whole or in part)
elsewhere, and is not being considered for publication elsewhere
3.33% patients were diagnosed to have ocular hypertension; i.e.,
in any form, except as provided herein; (3) All author(s) have
these patients had IOP>/= 22 mm Hg in either eye without any
contributed sufficiently in the article to take public responsibility
significant disc changes or any visual field defects suggestive of
for it and (4) All author(s) have reviewed the final version of the
glaucoma. This finding was in agreement with 3% found by
above manuscript and approve it for publication.
Nielsen NV (3%)9 and 3.6% of Xu L et al25 in the Beijing Eye
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