التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Evaluation of the effect of chronic smoking habit on corneal endothelial cells, central corneal thickness and dry eye tests. |
| المؤلفون: |
Karakurt, Yucel1 dryucelkarakurt@gmail.com, Sunar, Mukadder2, Tasli, Nurdan Gamze1, Ucak, Turgay1, Agcayazi, Sumeyye Burcu3, Ugurlu, Adem3, Icel, Erel1 |
| المصدر: |
Annals of Medical of Research. 2019, Vol. 26 Issue 5, p888-893. 6p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*SMOKING, *DRY eye syndromes, *ENDOTHELIAL cells, *CELL size, *SPECULAR microscopy |
| مستخلص: |
Aim: The aim of our study was to evaluate the effects of chronic smoking habit on corneal endothelial cells, central corneal thickness, and dry eye tests. Material and Methods: A total of 160 eyes of 160 chronic smokers and 160 eyes of 160 control cases were included in the study. The smokers were grouped into 4 groups according to pack-year smoking as follows: 0-10, 10-20, 20-30, >30. Endothelial cell density (CD), average cell size (AVG), percentage of hexagonal cell (HEX), and coefficient of variation (CV), central corneal thickness (CCT) were measured using a specular microscope. The Tear Break-Up Time (TUBT) and Schirmer tests were performed. Results: In Group 1 and Group 2, there was no significant difference between the smoker and the control groups in terms of CD, AVG, HEX and CV. In Group 3 and Group 4, there was a significant decrease in CD and HEX values, while there was a significant increase in AVG and CV values. CCT values were not significantly different in the Groups 1,2 and 3, whereas there was a significant decrease in the Group 4. TBUT and Schirmer tests were significantly decreased in all groups. Conclusion: It was found that as the number of pack-year increased, CD and HEX values decreased and AVG and CV values increased. Dry eye tests were affected in a shorter period of time, while CCT was affected in a longer period of time than the time required for CD, HEX, AVG and CV parameters to be affected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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