A clinical study of association between asteroid hyalosis and diabetes mellitus

Aim: to study the association between asteroid hyalosis and diabetes mellitus.Material and Methods: This study was carried out in the Department of Ophthalmology, MLB MedicalCollege, Jhansi between February 2019- December 2019 on patients diagnosed with asteroid hyalosis onroutine examination. A total of 80 patients who showed evidence of asteroid hyalosis were further sent forrandom blood sugar and HbA1c levels. They were then divided into two groups-group A was diabetic andgroup B-non diabeticResults: The median age of presentation was between 40-75 years. 80 patients diagnosed with asteroidhyalosis were divided into two groups; Group A with diabetes and Group B without diabetes. In GroupA there were 68.42% males (13) and 31.58% females (6) and in Group B there were 70.50% males (43)and 29.50% females(18). In group A 63.16% (12) patients showed unilateral eye involvement and 36.84%(7) patients showed bilateral eye involvement while in group B 80.33%(49) patients showed unilateral eyeinvolvement and 19.67% (12) patients showed bilateral involvement. The mean random blood sugar wasfound to be 239.26+38.37 mg/dl in group A while in group B it was found to be 132.31+26.26 mg/dl. Thep-value was found to be was found to be 8.4+1.3% in group A whereas in group B it was 5.40.6%.The p-value was found to beConclusion: There appears to be significant association between asteroid hyalosis and diabetes mellitus.Keywords: Asteroid hyalosis, Diabetes mellitus.