Lipid Profile in Individuals under 50 Years of Age with Corneal Arcus

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate serum lipid levels in patients under 50 years of agewith corneal arcus. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on patients under50 years of age referred to the ophthalmology clinic of Imam Reza Hospital in Ardabil who underwentcorneal arcus examination. Patients were enrolled in the study by census method.Information needed forpatients including age, sex, blood pressure, body mass index, history of smoking and alcohol consumption,history of serum lipid lowering drugs using, Xanthelasma, history of cardiovascular disease and history ofcerebrovascular events through history and examinationwere collectedby checklist.The collected data wereentered into SPSS version 22 software and then analyzed. Results: A total of 59 cases were included in thestudy. 36 (61%) of cases were male and 74.6% were overweight or obese. 50.8% of subjects had triglyceridesequal to or above 150 mg/dl. Additionally, 15.3% of cases with normal hyperlipidemia were using serumlipid-lowering drugs. There was no significant relationship between age and blood lipid levels (p> 0.05). Theprevalence of corneal arcus was higher at older ages and in people with a higher Body Mass Index (BMI), butthis association was not statistically significant. The intensity of corneal arcus was not significantly related toage, sex, serum lipid level and BMI (P> 0.05).Conclusion: The prevalence of corneal arcus increased withage. The prevalence of overweight, obesity and abnormal lipid profiles (specially triglyceride cholesterollevels) were remarkably but non-significantly high in our patients under 50 years of age with corneal arcus.