Background: Hormonal changes during menopause have been attributed to hypertension-a
common public health concern. This study investigated physical activity (PA) and pattern of …

Background: A number of hormones are known to affect intra ocular pressure (IOP). Of
these, the female sex hormones are the predominant ones to cause variations in IOP. During …

Background: Elevated intraocular pressure is a major modifiable risk factor for preventing
glaucoma. Changes in intraocular pressure are directly and significantly associated with …

Background: Insulin resistance (IR) is a metabolic state characterized by progressive decline
in insulin sensitivity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of the Body Mass …

Background: Glaucoma is the second leading cause of untreatable blindness. Due to
decreased hormonal levels in postmenopausal women as compared to the pre-menopausal …

Glaucoma is second only to cataract as leading cause of blindness. Population based study
have revealed prevalence of glaucoma in India to be 11.9 million and 60.5 million in the …

BACKGROUND: Elevated Intraocular Pressure (IOP) causes a mechanical stress situation,
leading to damage of neurons in retina and their axons resulting in progressive loss of visual …

1.1 Background Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is an increasingly important public health issue
which deserves more attention. MetS is the name for a group of risk factors that raise the risk …

Dyslipideamia is an important major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), which is
the leading cause of death in the developed and developing countries. The World Health …