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Retinal nerve fibre layer thickness is reduced in metabolic syndrome.

R ZareiP AnvariY EslamiG FakhraieM MohammadiA JamaliM AfaridehA GhajarS HeydarzadeA EsteghamatiSasan Moghimi
Published in: Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association (2017)
Our findings demonstrate that MetS is independently associated with reduced RNFL thickness, suggesting that neurodegeneration is implicated in pathogenesis of MetS.
Keyphrases
  • optical coherence tomography
  • metabolic syndrome
  • diabetic retinopathy
  • optic nerve
  • type diabetes
  • cardiovascular disease
  • cardiovascular risk factors
  • adipose tissue
  • skeletal muscle