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标题：Effect of carotenoids dietary supplementation on macular function in diabetic patients
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作者：Marilita M. Moschos ; Maria Dettoraki ; Michael Tsatsos 等
期刊名称：Eye and Vision
印刷版ISSN：2326-0254
出版年度：2017
卷号：4
期号：1
页码：23
DOI：10.1186/s40662-017-0088-4
语种：English
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：Diabetic retinopathy is a major cause of visual impairment and blindness among working-age people worldwide. The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of a carotenoid supplementation on retinal thickness and macular function of patients with diabetes using optical coherence tomography (OCT) and multifocal electroretinography (mfERG). A retrospective study of one hundred and twenty eyes of sixty patients age between 40 and 60 years with non-insulin dependent type 2 diabetes mellitus without diabetic retinopathy who underwent OCT and mfERG and took vitamin supplements for a period of two years. Patients received a carotenoid supplement containing lutein (10 mg), zeaxanthin (2 mg) and meso-zeaxanthin (10 mg) once a day for two years. The thickness of the fovea was evaluated using OCT and the macular function was tested by mfERG. OCT showed an increase in the central foveal thickness and mfERG revealed increased retinal response density within the central 13° surrounding the fovea (rings 1 to 3) at two years after the onset of carotenoids supplement intake. The use of carotenoid supplements may be of benefit for improving visual function of type 2 diabetes patients. However, further study is needed to assess the treatment’s long-term efficacy.
关键词：Carotenoids ; Diabetes mellitus ; Visual function ; Multifocal electroretinography ; Optical coherence tomography