Risk of recurrent corneal erosion in patients with diabetes mellitus in Taiwan: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the risk of recurrent corneal erosion (RCE) in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM).

Design, setting and participants

This retrospective, nationwide, matched cohort study included 239 854 patients with DM recruited between 2003 and 2005 from the Longitudinal Cohort of Diabetes Patients database. The control group included the same number of age-matched and sex-matched patients without DM selected from the Taiwan Longitudinal Health Insurance Database, 2000. Data for each patient were collected from the index date until December 2013.

Main outcomes and measures

The incidence and risk of RCE were compared between the two groups. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to calculate the HR for RCE after adjustment for potential confounders. T

SUBMITTER: Jan RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7311018 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature