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Role of excessive weight in intraocular pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Noro Waspodo1, Moh Anfasa Giffari Makkaraka2, Ririn Nislawati1
1Department of Ophthalmology, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia.
Objective:
This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to analyse the effect of excess body weight on intraocular pressure (IOP) values.
Method And Analysis:
A literature search from PubMed, Medline and ScienceDirect Databases on 18 May 2023 was conducted by three reviewers, then filtered each study based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. For the quality assessment of included studies, the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was adapted. Meta-analysis was performed using RevMan V.5.4 by entering the IOP values of each group to measure the mean difference.
Results:
From 2656 studies, there were 9 studies that matched the criteria and then were included to perform a quantitative meta-analysis. The results showed a mean difference of 0.93 (95% CI: 0.67 to 1.18) of the excessive weight group against the normal weight group. This suggests that there is a significant relationship between excess body weight and increasing values of IOP.
Conclusion:
It can be concluded that excessive body weight tends to lead to higher IOP, which means that high IOP becomes a major risk factor for glaucoma.
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