Relationships Among Glaucoma, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In order to better understand comorbidity rates and the associated risk of death in patients with glaucoma we retrospective analyzed two groups of subjects aged 50 years and above residing in Lombardy Region (Northern Italy) following them from January 1, 2017 to February 1, 2020 (just before the COVID-19 pandemic started in Italy). The two groups were all subjects with incident glaucoma in 2017 and a 3:1 random sample stratified by age and sex of subjects without glaucoma. Main outcome was overall survival. Other outcomes were incidence of cardiovascular diseases (heart attack, stroke, and peripheral arterial disease).

Methods

All data were taken from Lombardy Region administrative database and therefore the presence of glaucoma was ascertained using antiglauco

SUBMITTER: Quaranta L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12394243 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature