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1: Am J Ophthalmol. 1991 Mar 15;111(3):289-93.Links

Prevalence and association of asteroid hyalosis with systemic diseases.

Bergren RL, Brown GC, Duker JS.

Retina Vascular Unit, Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

We performed a cross-sectional study of 12,205 patients, which identified 101 patients (0.83%) with asteroid hyalosis. These patients were examined for associated systemic and ocular conditions. Diabetes mellitus was found in 29 of the patients with asteroid hyalosis (29%), as compared to ten of 101 (10%) control subjects (P = .0007). An increased prevalence of systemic arterial hypertension (61 of 101 [60%] patients with asteroid hyalosis compared with 29 of 101 [29%] control subjects; P = .0001) and atherosclerotic vascular disease (30 of 101 [30%] patients with asteroid hyalosis compared with 13 of 101 [13%] control subjects; P = .006) was also discovered in the asteroid hyalosis group. Additionally, patients with asteroid hyalosis were found to be more hyperopic than control subjects (P = .009).

PMID: 2000898 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]