Open AccessOpen-Angle Glaucoma and the Risk of Stroke Development
Author(s) -
JauDer Ho,
Chao-Chien Hu,
HerngChing Lin
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.109.554642
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , stroke (engine) , proportional hazards model , hazard ratio , cohort study , confounding , retrospective cohort study , glaucoma , ophthalmology , confidence interval , mechanical engineering , engineering
Although open-angle glaucoma (OAG) is associated with some of the risk factors of stroke development, there is still no published study addressing whether OAG increases the risk of stroke development. We investigated the risk of stroke development after a diagnosis of OAG.
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