Association of Corticosteroid Use With Incidence of Central Serous Chorioretinopathy in South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Information on the incidence of central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) in individuals who receive corticosteroids is scarce but clinically important because these agents are useful and widely used.

Objective

To estimate the annual and 5-year incidence of CSC in South Korea in the overall population and in those who have used corticosteroid medications.

Design, setting, and participants

A cohort study of a population-based random sample included East Asian adults for whom records are held in the Korean National Health Insurance Service database for calendar years 2011 through 2015. The data analysis was performed from July 1, 2017 to January 5, 2018.

Exposures

Any type of corticosteroid use from 2002 through 2015.

Main outcomes and measures

Inc

SUBMITTER: Rim TH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6233821 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature