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Effects of childhood obesity on ocular pulse amplitude and intraocular pressure.

Semih Boluİlke DirekçiAbdulvahit Aşık
Published in: Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia (2022)
Our results show that obesity caused an increase in intraocular pressure and a decrease in ocular pulse amplitude independently of insulin resistance in children and adolescents. Prospective studies involving long-term follow-up of cases are now needed to assess the probable adverse effects of these ocular findings in obese children.
Keyphrases
  • weight loss
  • metabolic syndrome
  • blood pressure
  • type diabetes
  • optic nerve
  • insulin resistance
  • adipose tissue
  • resting state
  • young adults
  • bariatric surgery
  • weight gain
  • high fat diet induced