Insulin Resistance Is a Risk Factor for Increased Intraocular Pressure: The Hisayama Study
Author(s) -
Kohta Fujiwara,
Miho Yasuda,
Toshiharu Ninomiya,
Jun Hata,
Sawako Hashimoto,
Takeshi Yoshitomi,
Yutaka Kiyohara,
Tatsuro Ishibashi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.15-16766
Subject(s) - medicine , insulin resistance , confounding , body mass index , intraocular pressure , waist , risk factor , population , diabetes mellitus , blood pressure , insulin , homeostatic model assessment , ophthalmology , endocrinology , cardiology , environmental health
To investigate association of the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), a surrogate index of insulin resistance, with IOP in a general Japanese population.
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