[The frequency of alterations of the lipid and hydrocarbon levels in retinal detachment]

Abstract

The biological lipid levels and hyperglycaemia measured in patients of varying ages with retinal detachment have shown that:--in 59.7% there is a hyperlipaemia or hyperlipoproteinaemia. This is more usually a hyperpre-beta-lipoproteinaemia (37.1%);--in 32% a disturbance of lipid metabolism was associated with a disturbance of glucose metabolism: diabetes or a pre-diabetic state;--49% of patients affected with hyperlipidaemia present with a clinical vascular condition;--42% of all the patients present with a clinical vascular condition. The numbers are considerable and they show the frequency of atherogenic factors in retinal detachment.