Open AccessSignificance of corneal arcus
Author(s) -
K Raj,
Prabhakar Reddy,
Vikram Chella Kumar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.155765
Subject(s) - triglyceride , incidence (geometry) , lipid metabolism , ophthalmology , cholesterol , medicine , negative correlation , positive correlation , correlation , chemistry , biology , mathematics , geometry
The corneal arcus consists of cholesterol, phospholipids and triglycerides. As serum triglyceride is one of the accurate of lipid metabolic state, greater importance was given, and it was found to be elevated in 72% of patients and a positive correlation with increasing age. This suggests a strong correlation between impairment of lipid metabolism and incidence of corneal arcus.