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— Study found significant corneal nerve damage even before full-blown type 2 diabetes
Elevated blood glucose poses a threat to the eyes even prior to a diabetes diagnosis, according to a Dutch population study.
In cross-sectional data of Maastricht Study participants, a more adverse glucose metabolism status was linked with a lower z score of corneal nerve fiber measures compared with a normal status (-0.14, 95% CI -0.25 to -0.04, P for trend=0.001), reported Sara Mokhtar, a PhD student at Maastricht University Medical Center in the Netherlands, and colleagues. Read more in MedPage Today.
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