Aging Change of Pupil Size in Normal and Diabetic Patients.
- Author:
Jong Wook AN
1
;
Jong Soon KIM
;
Jae Duck KIM
;
Chung Gu CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iri, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Aging change;
Autonomic europathy;
Diabetes;
Pupil size
- MeSH:
Aging*;
Autonomic Pathways;
Darkness;
Diabetic Neuropathies;
Early Diagnosis;
Humans;
Miosis;
Pupil*
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1992;33(4):410-414
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
It is well recognized that diabetic patients have small pupil. The most likely cause of the abnormally small pupil in diabetics is decreased funcitor of the autonomic nerves. We measured pupil size in 141 control subjects and 53 diabetic patients (29 cases with symptomatic autonomic neuropathy, 24 cases without symptomatic autonomic neuropathy) with portable pupillometry, PUPILSCAN in darkness. Pupils become smaller in healthy and diabetic subjects with advancing age. (log pupil size = 2.05 - 0.066 X age, r: -0.47, p
