Aspirin use in central retinal arterial occlusion to prevent ischaemic stroke: a retrospective cohort study in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To understand the efficacy of aspirin use for preventing ischaemic stroke after central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO).

Design

The retrospective cohort study was conducted using the National Health Insurance Research Database from 1998 to 2013.

Setting

A population-based study.

Participants

A total of 9437 participants with newly diagnosed CRAO were identified. Participants who had a previous stroke and/or retinal vascular occlusion, were aged <20 years and used aspirin 3 months before the event were excluded. There were 3778 eligible participants matched by propensity score, and they were divided into aspirin (n=434) and aspirin-naive (n=1736) groups after the matching.

Methods

Cox proportional hazard models and cumulative survival curves wer

SUBMITTER: Kang EY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398622 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature