@article{article_611886, title={Effect of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on Corneal Biomechanical Characteristics}, journal={Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi}, volume={11}, pages={33–36}, year={2020}, DOI={10.22312/sdusbed.611886}, author={Kan, Seyfullah and Acar, Uğur and Karaibrahimoğlu, Adnan and İnanç, Merve and Kızılgül, Muhammed and Beysel, Selvihan and Çakal, Erman}, keywords={gestational diabetes mellitus,corneal biomechanics}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Objective: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">This study aimed to investigate whether gestational
diabetes mellitus (GDM) affects the corneal biomechanical parameters. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Material-Method: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> Thirty-eight pregnant women, newly diagnosed with GDM
and, age- and gestational age-matched 34 healthy pregnant females were enrolled
in the study. The right eye of the participants was examined. The corneal
parameters including corneal hysteresis (CH), corneal resistance factor (CRF),
Goldmann-correlated intraocular pressure (IOPg), and the corneal compensated
IOP (IOPcc), obtained by The Ocular Response Analyzer (ORA) device were
compared statistically. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Results: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> The mean and gestational age of the participants was 30.71  ±5.09 years, 
25.95  ±1.56 weeks and 29.97  ±4.10 years, 25.76  ±1.30 weeks in pregnant females with GDM and
healthy pregnant females, respectively. No significant differences in age
(p=0.502) or gestational age (p=0.594) were noted. The values of CH, CRF, IOPg,
and IOPcc were determined to be higher in pregnant females with GDM as compared
to that in healthy pregnant females. However, there was no statistically
significant difference in any other parameter (p=0.183, p=0.303, p=0.732 and
p=0.330, respectively). </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Conclusions: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> Short-term hyperglycemia does not affect the corneal
biomechanical parameters. </span> </p> <p> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Süleyman Demirel University}