Unilateral Visual Impairment and Increased Mortality: The UK Biobank Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between the full spectrum of visual acuity categories and risks of all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related, cancer-related mortality in the UK Biobank study.

Methods

A total of 131,468 participants (aged 40-79 years) with visual acuity measurement from the UK Biobank prospective cohort were included. Visual acuities of both eyes were used to assign each participant into one of the following groups: bilateral normal, unilateral near normal, bilateral near normal, unilateral visual impairment (VI), mild VI, and low vision. Cox proportional hazards multivariable regression models were used to estimate the hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the risks of all-cause, CVD-related, an

SUBMITTER: Fu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12306689 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature