Volume 27, Issue 131, January 2023

Lipid profile in individuals under 50 years of age with corneal arcus

Habib Ojaghi^1♦, Ali Lasemi Imani², Firouz Amani²

¹Department of Surgery, School of Medicine and Allied Medical Sciences, Imam Reza Hospital, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
²School of Medicine and Allied Medical Sciences, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran

^♦Corresponding author
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine and Allied Medical Sciences, Imam Reza Hospital, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran

ABSTRACT

Introduction: The corneal arcus is a condition in which a yellowish white ring is formed in the stromal tissue of the peripheral cornea and is separated from the limbus by a clear corneal margin. In some studies, the presence of corneal arcus under the age of 50 has been associated with hyperlipidemia, which could increase the risk of cardiovascular complications in forementioned patients. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on patients less than 50 years of age referred to the ophthalmology clinic of Imam Reza Hospital in Ardabil who underwent corneal arcus examination during July 2021 to November 2021. Patients were enrolled in the study by census method. The collected data were entered into SPSS version 22 software and then analyzed. Results: A total of 59 cases were included in the study. 36 (61%) of cases were male and 74.6% were overweight or obese. 50.8% of subjects had triglycerides equal to or above 150 mg/dl. Additionally, 15.3% of cases with normal hyperlipidemia were using serum lipid-lowering drugs. There was no significant relationship between age and blood lipid levels (p> 0.05). The prevalence of corneal arcus was higher at older ages and in people with a higher Body Mass Index (BMI), but this association was not statistically significant. Conclusion: The prevalence of corneal arcus increased with age. The prevalence of overweight, obesity and abnormal lipid profiles were remarkably but non-significantly high in our patients under 50 years of age with corneal arcus.

Keywords: Corneal arcus, Lipid profile

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e25ms2627

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i131/e25ms2627

Published: 09 January 2023