Association between uveitis onset and economic development in mainland China

ABSTRACT:

Background

Economic prosperity has fostered numerous changes that may translate into better or worse outcomes across all domains of health. This study aims to explore the associations of economic development with uveitis onset in mainland China.

Methods

We used Poisson regression with generalized estimated equations to quantify the associations of per capita gross domestic product (GDP) with uveitis onset in 31 provinces of mainland China from 2006 to 2017. We further estimated the effects mediated by economic growth on the temperature-uveitis and PM2.5-uveitis associations established in our previous studies.

Results

A total of 12,721 uveitis patients from 31 provinces of mainland China were studied. Overall, every 10,000 Chinese yuan ($ 1491.278, 2006–2017) inc

SUBMITTER: Tan H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10476315 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature