Mortality and suicide risk in glaucoma patients with or without vision impairment: a nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to investigate the mortality and suicide risk in glaucoma patients with or without vision impairment. Data were retrieved from the Korean National Health Insurance Service for 4,056,650 individuals aged ≥ 20 years and assessed for all-cause and cause-specific mortality for glaucoma from 2009 to 2020. Subjects were classified into 3 groups: healthy control subjects, glaucoma without vision impairment, and glaucoma with vision impairment. Hazard ratios (HR) were calculated under crude and five adjusted models with epidemiologic variables. Analyses of subjects stratified by age and sex were conducted among 3 groups to compare all-cause mortality rate. All-cause mortality significantly increased in both glaucoma without vision impairment ([HR] 3.171, 95% confidence interval [C

SUBMITTER: Ohn K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12627598 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature