Open AccessIncidence of Dementia in Patients With Open-angle Glaucoma: A Population-based Study
Author(s) -
Aditya Belamkar,
Sasha A. Mansukhani,
Rodolfo Savica,
Matthew R. Spiegel,
David O. Hodge,
Arthur J. Sit
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of glaucoma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.11
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1536-481X
pISSN - 1057-0829
DOI - 10.1097/ijg.0000000000001774
Subject(s) - medicine , dementia , glaucoma , incidence (geometry) , hazard ratio , population , normal tension glaucoma , open angle glaucoma , cumulative incidence , cohort study , confidence interval , retrospective cohort study , cohort , ophthalmology , pediatrics , disease , physics , environmental health , optics
In this population-based study of 509 open-angle glaucoma (OAG) patients over a 36-year period, we identified a decreased rate of developing dementia compared with the rate in the general population.