Risk of Falls and Fractures in Individuals With Cataract, Age-Related Macular Degeneration, or Glaucoma.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Three leading disease causes of age-related visual loss are cataract, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and glaucoma. Although all 3 eye diseases have been implicated with falls and fracture risk, evidence is mixed, with the contribution of different eye diseases being uncertain.

Objective

To examine whether people with cataract, AMD, or glaucoma have higher risks of falls or fractures than those without.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study was a population-based study in England using routinely collected electronic health records from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) GOLD and Aurum primary care databases with linked hospitalization and mortality records from 2007 to 2020. Participants were people with cataract, AMD, or g

SUBMITTER: Tsang JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10870181 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature