Prevalence and association of asteroid hyalosis with systemic diseases

Am J Ophthalmol. 1991 Mar 15;111(3):289-93. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)72311-6.

Abstract

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).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Arteriosclerosis / complications
  • Diabetes Complications*
  • Eye Diseases / complications
  • Eye Diseases / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperopia / complications
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Philadelphia / epidemiology
  • Prevalence
  • Vitreous Body*