Metabolic syndrome increases risk for high-ocular tension

Feb 19, 2010

MedWire News: Presence of the metabolic syndrome increases the risk for high-ocular tension (HOT), a major cause of primary open angle glaucoma, report researchers. 

Previous research has shown that mean intra-ocular pressure (IOP) has a tendency to increase in a linear fashion in the presence of increasing numbers of metabolic syndrome components.